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HISTORICAL, GENEALOGICAL, AND HERALDIC
OF THE FAMILY OF
MERVYN.
BY
Sir WILLIAM RICHARD DRAKE, F.S.A
PRIVATELY PRINTED.
LONDON, 1873.
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INTRODUCTORY NOTE.
|T is upwards of twenty-five years since I commenced collecting infor-
mation relative to the Mervyns. My object at that time was limited
to the compilation of the Pedigree of the Branch which, in the first
half of the XVII. century, settled in Devonshire, and to the investigation of the
precise connection between it and the family of the same name that had
flourished in Wiltshire. The task I had undertaken was prosecuted at broken
and lengthened intervals, and it was not until last year that I commenced a
systematic arrangement of the materials I had gathered together. I then found
that the information I possessed, extended far beyond the scope of my original
intention, and it appeared to me, that with some little additional trouble, it
could be sufficiently augmented, to enable me to write the history of the Family
generally.
If, however, I had then been aware of the additional labour which the
enlarged scheme involved, I should not have entered upon it ; but, " having put
my hand to the plough," it was not in my nature to turn back, and I resolved
to proceed. My determination would however have been of small avail, and
my project in all probability have remained unaccomplished, had it not been
for the aid, courteously and liberally afforded by Sir Albert Woods, F.S.A.,
Garter. Not only were the Archives of the College of Arms thrown open to
me, but on every point on which I sought information, Sir Albert's ready
and valuable assistance was at hand.
I am the more desirous to record this circumstance, because a somewhat
general impression prevails that, except upon payment of heavy fees, no infor-
mation can be obtained from the College of Arms. Those (and they are many)
who entertain this opinion, appear to overlook the distinction between literary
enquiries, and business investigations, a distinction which according to my
experience, is never lost sight of by the Officers of the College, who are always
ready to acknowledge the claim of the former to facilities, which it would be
idle to suppose could be accorded to the latter.
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VI INTRODUCTORY NOTE.
The College of Arms is a Corporation, (incorporated by Letters Patent
I Ric. III.,) not maintained as is often supposed at the expense of the State ;
but supported by fees paid by those who seek the professional assistance of its
Members. Its Archives consist of : —
1st. The returns made by the Heralds of the results of their Visitations.
2nd. Pedigrees from time to time registered, after due investigation, in
the College, at the instance of individuals who desire to have their genealogies
recorded.
3rd. Official documents connected with the grant of Titles and Honours,
including Coats of Arms, Funeral Certificates, Royal Licenses for change of
name, &c., &c.
4th. Numerous and valuable Manuscript Collections made" from time to
time by Members of the College, and either bequeathed to, or purchased by the
Corporation.
Of the above, the Heralds* Visitations are acknowledged as Public Re-
cords, inasmuch, as having been taken by virtue of Commissions issued under the
authority of the Crown, they are admitted as evidence in courts of Law. They
would not however be so recognised, unless produced by those having the
rightful legal custody of them; for example, they would not be admitted if they
formed part of a miscellaneous collection of Mss. sugh as are to be found in the
British Museum. Hence it follows, that if they were (as some contend they
ought to be) handed over to the National Library, they would lose much of
their practical value. It should however be noted that the British Museum and
otljer public libraries contain copies of many of the earlier Visitations, and in
some few instances the original note books of the Heralds, signed by the parties
from whom their information was derived ; so that in those cases genealogical
enquirers need be at no loss, if they merely seek information as to their contents,
without resorting to the actual documents that can be adduced as legal evidence.
As regards the remainder of the Manuscripts in the College, there is no
more reason that they should be made accessible without payment of fees, than
there would be for requiring that the records of any other Corporation or
the Collections of any Individual, should be thrown open to all, who from
motives of curiosity or actuated by more weighty reasons, might desire to inspect
them.
I will not now enter upon the consideration of the question, — How many
of the enquirers at the College of Arms could, if its archives were gratuitously
open to the public, avail themselves for any practical purpose of its contents,
without professional aid ? Pedigree Makers there are by hundreds, who will
undertake to *' find " a man's Arms and produce his genealogy (more suorum).
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INTRODUCTORY NOTE. vii
But how many, including professed genealogists, are there who are competent
to deduce an involved and intricate pedigree, so as to bear the test of legal
examination? It would be invidious to mention names, but I believe their
number might readily be counted on one's fingers.
Do not let it be supposed that in making this remark I intend to point to
the following pages as an instance of the elucidation of an intricate pedigree.
All the merit I claim for my work is, that it has been carefully and conscientiously
done. I have taken nothing for granted, where the means of verification
were accessible ; I have examined and sifted the evidence upon which my
statements are founded ; and I have, as far as practicable, given my authorities,
with such references as will readily admit of their accuracy being tested. As
regards the more recent portions of the Pedigree, they are based either on my
own personal knowledge, or on information supplied to me by the present
representatives of the several branches 6{ the family : — The Earl of Verulam,
Sir Henry Mervin Vavasour, Bart, Sir William Coles Medlycott, Bart., and
Major John Elton Mervin Prower have each been good enough to revise those
portions of it, with which they are respectively immediately connected.
That I have entirely succeeded in avoiding errors, I do not pretend ; but
I feel very confident that in the main, the following pages may be accepted as an
accurate and reliable record of the facts they purport to chronicle. Where
errors exist, they will, I think, be found limited to details of comparatively
small moment.
My thanks are due to the Revd. Canon Jackson, of Leigh Delamere, for
his suggestions as to the early descent of the Fountel Estate, which will be found
incorporated in the account of that Branch of the Mervyn Family who became
its possessors : nor must I omit to acknowledge my obligations to Mr. John
Gough Nichols,* F.S.A., for the trouble he has taken in reading the proof sheets
of the early part of my notes as they passed through the press, and to Mr. Alfred
* Since the above lines were penned, this able Author and Antiquary has died, to
the sorrow of a large circle of private friends, and to the great loss of that branch of
literature with which his name has for so many years been connected. Mr. J. G. Nichols
was not only a valuable and conscientious contributor to the literature which
appertains specially to history, biography, and heraldic research; but his extensive
knowledge on those subjects was always at the disposal of those who sought it One
striking feature in Mr. Nichols's works was his love of truthful statements. He was a
determined opponent of "cooked-up" pedigrees; and he rendered good service in
exposing, in an imsparing manner, several of the many attempts which have been made
to foist false genealogies upon the public
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INTRODUCTORY NOTE.
Kingston for his courtesy in facilitating my inspection of documents at the
Record Office.
To Sir Bernard Burke, L.L.D., C.B., Ulster, I am indebted for much
valuable information relative to the Irish Branch of the Mervyns. The rules
imposed by "my Lords" of the Treasury, consequent upon a Government salary
in lieu of fees, having lately been attached to his Office, have prevented Sir
Bernard from affording me that gratuitous official assistance which he would
have desired; but his ready aid as an old genealogical friend, has supplied the
defect under which that portion of my work would necessarily have laboured
from my want of opportunity of personally examining the evidences in Ireland
on which the pedigree of Sir Audley Mervyn*s descendants is, to a great extent,
based.
Oatlands Lodge, Surrey,
December, 1873.
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CONTENTS.
♦
Sketch Pedigree showing the connexion between the several branches of the
Mervyn Family.
PAGES.
Narrative History of the Fountel-Giffard Branch of the Mervyn
Family i to 23
Narrative History of the Durford-Abbey Branch of the Mervyn
Family - - - 25 „ 37
Narrative History of the Pertwood Branch of the Mervyn Family,
and of some of its descendants 39 v 59
Narrative History of the Devonshire Branch of the Mervyn Family,
and of some of its descendants 61, ,78
Narrative History of the Irish Branch of the Mervyn Family 79 ,, 89
A Chapter on the Mervyn Heraldry 91 ,, 99
APPENDICES :—
No. I. — Tabular Pedigree of the Fountel-Giffard Branch, with Notes
of Evidence.
No. II. — Tabular Pedigree of the Durford-Abbey Branch, ^\ith Abstracts
of Documentary Evidence.
No. III. — Tabular Pedigrees of the Pertwood Branch and of some families
descended from it, together with Evidence in support.
No. IV. — Tabular Pedigrees of the Devonshire Branch, its present Repre-
sentatives, and of some families connected with them
with Evidence.
No. V. — Tabular Pedigree of the Irish Branch, with Notes of Evidence.
INDEX.
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SKETCH PEDIGREE.
Showing the Connexion between the Several Branches
(»F THE
John Mervyn,
of
iiving^ 1476.
Walter Mervyn, of =f=Mary Mompesson.
Fountel, ^^.1512. .
.... Mervyn.
John Mervyn, of =pElizabeth Green. Sir Edmund Mervyn, =pEUzabeth William Mervyn, of=T=Margaret
Fountel, ^^. 7/./. «^. 1553, of ©Utforll, I Pakenham. Vn^ttDOOD. Fletcher.
Sir John Mervyn, of=f=Jane Baskervillc. Henry Mervjm, of =f=Edith John Mervyn, of =f=Avis Cockcrell.
Fountel, ob. 1556. Durford. Windsor. Pertwootl.
Sir James Mervyn, =pAmy Clarke. Edmund Mervyn, of =^Anna John Mervyn, of =f=Melior
of Fountel, ob. 161 1.
Durford, ob. 1604.
Lucy Mervyn, only ^f Jeofge, Baron
child and heiress. Audley, ob. 161 7.
ob. v.p.
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Christian Audley, =f=Sir Henry Mervyn,
4th daughter. , ob. 1646.
Sir Audley Mervyn,
Speaker of the House of Commons,
itelaitlr.
ob. 1676.
Jephson. Pertwood, ob. 1601. Goldsborough.
George Mervyn, of =pEli/abcth
Pertwood, lii-inij^ 1638. Ryves.
John Mervyn,
eldest son, of
^erttDoolr.
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41 h son, of
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THE first of the MER VYN* family in Wiltshire, of whom I have met with any notice, was
Richard Mervyn of Fountayne alias Fountel. About the time that the Mervyn family
♦ The name is written indifferently " Mervyn, Marvyn, Marvin, and Mervin," either with or
without a final " e." For the sake of uniformity, I have adopted throughout the first spelling, except in
quoting original documents, where I have retained the orthography used in them.
The first mention of the name " MERVYN" that I have met with occurs in the Calendar " Placitorum
abbreviation p. 198," in which the following entry occurs : — " Pasche, anno octavo (Edw. I. 1279 — 80) majus
" Record. Will'us Mervin est nativus abb'is sci Albani per placitum prius captum, et etiam per judicium
" redditum in parliamento tento per quo est nativus, rot. 28, Hertf." On referring to the original roll
{Coram Rege roll^ 8 Ed, /., Easter, Ma jits Recordum^ numb. 28), it appears that the King, wishing to be
certified respecting the record and process of a plea before John de Reygate and his associates, Justices in
Eyre, in the county of Surrey, in their Eyre at Hertford, between William Mervyn and the Adbot of
St. Alban's, concerning certain trespasses done to the same William by the said Abbot, commanded the
said Justices to send him the said Record and process, which are of the following tenour : — William Mervyn
complains that the Abbot of St. Alban's, in 54 Henry III., caused four men to take three oxen and four
horses, belonging to Mervyn, value 1 1 marks, and to drive them to the Manor of Sandiygge (Sandridge,
about three miles from St. Alban's), where he detained them, until he (Mervyn) caus^ them to be
replevined by the King's writ ; notwithstanding which, the Abbot made several captures subsequently of
the plaintiff's cattle, to his damage of £^, IVfervyn further complains that he, being in the said town of
Sandrygge, in 55 Henry HI., at his own house, the Abbot caused the said men to break his doors and
windows, and to carry away his goods there found, and also to take Mervyn, and imprisoned him at the
Abbot's Manor of Sandrygge, until ne was delivered by the King's writ; upon sufficient bail to appear before the
Kingi to his damage of ^ 100. The Abbot appears, and avows the said captures, which he made because
Mervyn is his villan [i. ^., held his lands subject to the absolute will of the Lonl, and bound to do all
services that the Lord commanded), and his tenement is the iHlUnage of the said Abbot, and all Mervyn's
ancestors were villans of the Abbot and his predecessors, and did all villan customs to them, as in tallage,
at his (the Abbot's) will, and in doing **nurchet" {i, e,, paying fine or composition to the Lord on
marriage, &c.) of his own body and the bodies of his sons and daughters. But the said William contemned
and refused to do such services and customs ; wherefore, the Abbot at first admonished him, when he again
refused, and the Abbot caused his cattle to be taken. As to the imprisonment, the Abbot sajrs it was not
done by him, as at the time he was in foreign parts, and disavows the breaking into Mervyn's house ; and
that the said men took him because he refused as above, and they placed him in the villenage of the said
Abbot (" et in villenag* ipsius Abbis incepperunt"). The Abbot prays that the matter may be tried by jury.
Mervyn replies that he is a free man, and of free condition ; and that before Richard de Stanes, J ustice
for hearing pleas, appointed by the King's writ, which the Abbot obtained, in 56 Henry HL, he was
prepared to prove his freedom ; but the Abbot failed to appear, so that he left Court as a free man, and to
hold his land freely and quit from all secular service, rendering yearly to the Abbot ^s. yi. ; and he refers
to the record on the rolls. Both parties then agreed that if the said record proved that William left the
Court a free man he should continue so, and be quit from the villenage and servitude of the Abbot ; if not,
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appear to have settled in Wiltshire, I trace the name in Warwickshire,* in the perison of
John Mervyn of Church Lawford, who was living in 1492, and at that time a great-
grandfather. He would have been contemporary with Richard Mervyn of Fountel. In
he should be of servile condition, and be the Abbot's villan with all his ^* sequela." A day was then
aj)pointed on which the litigants were to apjsear ; but Mervyn failed to do so, and judgment wa^ given for
the Abbot, with power to claim Mervyn as his villan whenever he pleased. The above proceedings were
sent to the King. Afterwards, in Eai>ter term,- at the next Parliament, the parties appeared. William
prayed an adjournment, which was granted, on condition that if he failed to appear, final judgment should
be given against him. He made default, and it not being found on the rolls of 56 Henry III. thai he
departed from Court a free man, it was adjudged that the land was villenage of the Abbot, and the chaiteK
were the Abbot's also, as villan chattels. And a day of judgment was appointed with respect to William's
body, in Michaelmas Term, •
1 have not thought it necessary to follow the proceedings further to trace what became of William
Mervyn, who, although a villati, must have been a man of means and daring to try his rights against so
powerful an individual as the Abbot of St. Alban's was in those days. I may here remark, that holding
land by villenage, which was the origin of copyhold tenure, was abolished by the Statute 12 Ch. II.,
cap. 24; but long before that time it was found to be a system wholly unworkable— as a man might be a
pun villan (/'. <f., paying merchet), tenant of one Manor or Lord, and a free tenant of other lands —
conditicn^ inconsi.steiU with each other.
* As regards the Warwickshire family of Mervyn, my information is limited to that which is afjnrded
by Dugdale's Warwickshire, and the wills of John Mervyn of Church Lawford (dated 22nd October, and
proveil 20th November, 1492), and of Margaret Mervyn, his widow (dated 23rd July, 1494, and i)roved
24th November, 1496). (Appendix L, p. v.) The pedigree, as disclosed by those wills, is as under : —
John Mer\'yn=j=Johan, died
living 1492. I before 1492.
John ^^ervyn ; will dated 22nd Oct., 1492 ;=
died in that year, and buried " in the
chancel of St. Peter of Lawford, between
the sepulchre and the lectern there."
: Margaret; survived her hus-
band. Her will is dated 23rd
July, 1494; proved 24th No-
vember, 1496.
Law ren ce=f=El izabeth
Menyn, Clerke, .
died vit. I living,
pat. 1492.
Margaret Mervyn,
living 1492.
Hugh Mervyn,;
living 1494.
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William
Mer\'yn,
living
1492.
Johaii MervjTi,
living 1494, unm.
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Jane=f=William Lane,
living 1494.
Cicilia Lane,
living 1494.
Elizabeth,=?=Richard Cave,
living 1494. living 1492.
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Agnes,=pJohn Knight,
living 1494. living 1494.
Margaret Mervyn,
living 1494, unm.
Edward Cave,
living 1494.
Margaret Cave,
living 1494.
Thomas Knight,
living 1494.
Margaret Knight,
living 1494.
John Knight,
living 1494.
" Hugh Mervyn, Esquire" (probably Hugh, son of John and Margaret above-mentioned) was, in
13 Hen. Vin. (1521-2), returned on the Commission for taking account of the estates of Edward, Duke
of Buckingham, as holding the office of Keeper of Maxstoke Park, under appointment fi'om the Duke.
Du^d.^ iVanvickshire^ vol. ii., p. 995.
In the time of Hen. VHI., Thomas Mervyn was the Bailiff of Walvey or Wolvey, in Wanvick-
shire, held under the Abbot of Combe, in that county, and is returned in the " Valor Ecclesiasticus"
vol. Hi., p. 55, as one of the officers of that monastery, in the receipt of an annual stipend of xxvjj. viij</.
I find a will of Thomas Marvyn, apparently of the same family, dated 16 Feb., 1620, proved in
London 6 Mar., 1621, which contains a bequest of £10 "to poor of Wolvey, co. Warwick, where I was
bom " {Kei^r. 22 Dale). This, probably, was the S' Thomas Marvine who was knighted at Whitehall,
23 July, 1603 (See Cott. Ms., Claud. C. iii, fo. 243^- Harl. Ms., 6062, fo. 56).
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Kent I meet with Robert Mirf\tj* holding lands in that county, who would also be
contemporary with Richard Mervyn of Wiltshire, and John Mervyn of Warwickshire.
My theory is, that the above three men were brothers, or at all events, members of the
same family; which in its origin was probably Welsh, possibly having for its remote
ancestor, Merfyn, Lord of Powis land.
RICHARD MERVYN, of " Fountayne alias Fountel in Com. Wilts," married
DOROTHY, the younger of the two daughters of THOMAS SQUERIE,t and
♦ In 1444-5, ^" Inquisition was made, to ascertain whether it would be to the King's damage,
if he licensed Robert Mirfvn, Esquire, to grant certain messuages, lands, and tenements in Woolwich,
to the Prior and Convent of St. Mary, Southwark {Inq, 19-23 Hen. VI. — No. 94), and about the same
time he purchased the Manor of Wynvale, in Northflete, in that county, from John Burghwasch, and
some meadow land in Newenton, co. Surrey {CaUfid., Clianccry proceedings, vol. it. p. xxii.) This pur-
chase gave rise to a family litigation ; for on the death of Robert Mirfyn some of the feoffees, including his
brother George Mirfyn, refused to convey the manor and land to Robert Mirfyn, " Squyer," the son and
heir of the purchaser, and hence he filed his Bill against his uncle and his co-feoffees. The defence made
by George Mirfyn, the plaintiff's uncle, was that his brother Robert had declared his will to be that the
lands should be entailed on the plaintiff Robert his son and the heirs of his body, with remainder in default
of issue to Katherine and Anne, the daughters of the said Robert the father, and sisters of the plaintiff,
with remainder to the said George Mirfyn and the heirs of his body. The defendants did not, however,
succeed, for in Trinity Term, 24 Hen. VI. (1446) a decree was made directing the defendants to convey
the property to the plaintiff according to his prayer.
Robert Mirfyn, the son (the plaintiff in the above suit), appears to have sided with the Lancastrian
party if, as appears probable, he is the same Robert Mirefyn, who, in the Patent Rolls of 2 Edw . \\.
(1462-3), is referred to as a rebel, and whose hereditaments, " Vocat* Cobbeshole in Comitatu Kancia,"
were granted by the King to Wvlliam Stanley. {Cal. Rot. Patent, p. Tp'^.) The son of this Robert
Mirfyn petitioned the King in Parliament, 12 & 13 Edw. IV., describing himself as " Robert
Myrfyn the eldest son of Robert Myrfyn late of Anesworth in the Counte Kent Squyer," praying
that the attainder of his father might be reversed. The prayer of the Petition appears to have been
granted. See ^' Rot. Pari. vol. 6, 1472— 1503," p. 32, and the original Petition in the State Paper Office,
Parliamentary Petitions, No. 5,517-"
I also find the will of Sir Thom.\s Merfyn, Sheriff of London in 151 1, and Lord Mayor 10 H. VIII.
(1518), and who, at his death, left surviving children. The will is dated 2nd September, and proved
15th October, 1523. (Appendix I., p. vi.) Sir Thomas appears to have been a member of the Kent
family, as he devised by his will his Manor of Downe in. that county. His arms (which are recorded in
the College of Arms) were, Or, on a chevron sa. a mtdlet argent ; on the dexter chief point of the shiild a
crescent of the second. {See also Harl. Ms., No. 1,349,/;. 24^.) Weever {Funeral Monts.fo. 1631,/. 379)
states that Sir Thomas was the son of George Mirfyn, of Ely, Com. Cambridge, and that he was entombed,
(with his portraiture in alabaster,) in a chapel in St. Paul's, London, which was pulled down in 1549 by
the Protector Duke of Somerset.
The name of Mirfin occurs again in Queen Elizabeth's time; George Mirfine, in 1580; and
subsequently, Robert Mirfin appears as one of the Defendants in a suit, 35 Elizabeth (1592 — 3), in the
Court of the Duchy of Lancaster, relative to a dispute concerning property in Yorkshire. ( Diuatus
Lancastria:, Cal. to Pleadings, &>c., vol. -^^^ part ^, pp. 103 and 2$^.)
See further notes as to the M\rfy:^ /ami /y. Appendix /. /. xv.
f Thomas Squerie, according to Philipott, descended from John de Squerie. who, temp. Hen, III.,
was seated at Squerie*s Court, in the parish of Westerham, co. Kent. On this Thf.mas Squerie's death,
an inquisition was held at Dartford on Monday in the third week of Lent, 17 lien. \'I., and the
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co-heirs of their brother John Squerie, of Squerie's Court, in the county of Kent,
who, according to Philipott, {Survey of Kent, Land., fo, 1659, p. 359,) died s.p. 1463.
The son of Richard Mervyn and Dorothy Squerie was RALPH MERVYN, also
described* as of "Fountayne," who married a daughter of PARRE, by whom he
had a son JOHN MERVYN, who became the owner of the Manor and Estate of
Fountel-Giffard, and (as is stated*) married JOAN, daughter of Lord HUNGERFORD,
of Heytesbury, a statement which cannot I think, for the reasons after set forth, be
implicitly relied on.
The Manor of Fountel, or Fountel-Giffard, is situated in the parish of Fountayne,
or Fountel, in the Hundred of Dunworth, in the county of Wilts. In Sir R. Colt Hoare*s
History of South Wilts (Hun, of Dunworth, vol. 4, j>. 12, et seq,), the descent of the
estate is given thus: — Gifford, the possessor, temp. Domesday Book; thence to
Mandeville and Mauduit ; from the latter to Molyns, by marriage of Egidia, cousin
and heir of John de Mauduit, with John de Molyns, who died 41 Ed. III. (1367), seised,
/>//. aiia, of the Manor of Funtell, leaving Sir WiUiam Moleyns his son and heir ; who,
dying 18 Hen. VL (1439), ^^^ ^^ only child, Auanore, who married Robert Lord
HuNGERFORD, who thus became possessed of Fountel. It is added, that on the attainder
of Lord Hungerford, his lordships and lands were granted to John Lord Wenlock, who
was slain at the Battle of Tewkesbury, an°' 147 1 ; and that "about this time the Manor
l)assed into the Family of Mervyn."
Not being able to satisfy myself that this statement was correct, I applied to
the Reverend Canon Jackson, of Leigh Delamere, in the hope that his well-known
acquaintance with the antiquarian history of Wiltshire, and his knowledge of the genealogies
of its families, would enable him to clear up the doubts I entertained of the accuracy
of the above narrative. Canon Jackson very courteously examined the points which I
suggested for his consideration, and came to the same conclusion as myself, viz., that
there is something not quite satisfactory in Sir R. C. Hoare's statement The substance of
the grounds on which he founded his opinion were as follows : —
" Robert, second Lord Hungerford (who married Margaret, daughter and
** heiress of William Lord Botreaux), died 14th May, 1459, possessedf of the Fountel
** Estate : In March, 1460, (being only a few months after his father's death, and, conse-
" quently, after his own succession to the family estates,) his son, Robert, third Lord
" Hungerford, (more commonly called Lord Moleyns, from his marriage with Alianore,
" daughter and heiress of the Baron of that name,) being one of the most prominent of
" the Lancastrian Party, and having, apparently, in view the almost certain prospect of
" attainder, in order to save his estates, made over to his mother, Margaret Lady
" Botreaux, such of them as would be likely to be confiscated. Now the estates which
" came to him by his wife Alianore Lady Moleyns would not be of that number ; in
" fact, by the Act of Attainder, passed in the following year, which swept off the fortunes
** of 500 noble and gentle-men, that particular class of estate is specially exempted from
" forfeiture. We should not, therefore, expect to find, — nor do we in fact find, — any of
** the known Molines estates conveyed away in anticipation for safety. Fountel was
'* amongst the number that Lord Hungerford and Molines did so part with, which
" leads to the suspicion that what Sir R. C. Hoare says, of its having come to the Hunger-
" fords through the Molines' heiress, is incorrect. The Deeds by which Lord
jurors found that he held in fee the Manor of Kestane, and property in the parishes of Fameburgh and
Bromeleigh, and that John Squerie was his son and heir, and then aged 30 years. {Irtq. p.m. 17 ffen. VI, ^
No. 25.) John Squerie, on his death, 4 Ed. IV. (1463), left two sisters, his co-heiresses. Margaret, the
elder, married Sir William Cromer, Knt., of Tunstal, co. Kent, and Dorothy, the younger, was, as above
stated, the wife of Richard Mervyn. The property which the two ladies inherited was considerable ; the
portion which in the division fell to Dorothy Mer\'yn*s share appears, however, to have been sold shortly
after she became possessed of it. {See IfasUd^s Kent,fo. ed., vol. i. p. 105, &^c.)
• See MervjTi Pedigree: — Ms. Coll. Arms, ''^Vincents Coll., Sussex, 1 21," /. 393.
t Inq.,post mort. 37 Hat. VI.— No. 17.
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" HuNGERFORD and MoLiNEs conveyed hi? estates are ten* in number, and all bear date
" the same day, viz., 30th March, 1460. In one of these deeds he gives and grants to
" Dame Margaret Hungerford, his mother, all his lands, &:c., in Fonthill Gifford,
" Stoppe, Fonthill Episcopi, Tisbury, and Farnhill in Fonthill, which he describes as
" descended to him from his father^ (a statement corroborated by the fact, before mentioned,
** that, on that nobleman's death, those estates formed part of his possessions.) ]Jnq. post
" mort. 37 Hen. VI,, No. 17.]
" It is therefore doubtful whether the Fountel estates passed from Molines to
" Hungerford, as stated by Sir R. C. Hoare. The next question is, How did Robert,
" second Lord Hungerford, acquire the property,— by inheritance, marriage, or purchase?
" Not, it would appear, by inheritance, for it is not included in the schedule of his father's
" (Walter, first Lord Hungerford) estates taken on his death in 1449 {Inq, post
" tnori. 27 Hen, VLy No. 30). NoR, by marriage with the Botreaux heiress ; for tiien
" they would have been Margaret Lady Hungerford's already, durante vitct, and there
" would have been no occasion for her son to make them over to her for safety. The
" only remaining presumption is, that Robert, second Lord Hungerford, purchased
"them. From whom, does not appear; but the conjecture that he bought the estate
" firom the family of Inge, is a probable one. Fountel, in 21 Edw. III. [1347], belonged
" to John Mauduit {^Inq. post mort,. No. 40), and although, as generd representa-
" tives, the Molines succeeded Maudvits, it does not appear that Fountel passed to that
"family; for, two years afterwards, viz., 23 Edw. III. [1349], it is found to belong to
" John Inge (^Inq. post mort. No. 68), and, in the Wilts Institutions, a.d. 1442, the
" Patron of the Advowson is Thomas iNGE.f The next presentation [in 1458] is by
" Robert Lord Hungerford and Moleyns. The supposition that Robert, second Lord
" Hungerford, purchased Fountel from Inge is further corroborated by the fact that, in
" the year 1435, he did purchase from Thomas Inge an estate included in the before-
" mentioned deeds of Robert Lord Hungerford and Molines, called Colmans, in the
" parish of Knoyle Episcopi." J
The case still appearing to me to be not free from obscurity, I made a
further examination of the Inquisitions, which has led me to think that some
(though not all) of the difficulty connected with the acquisition by the Hungerford
family of the Fountel property is removed if we disconnect the manor of Fountel-
Gifiard from other property in the parish. That Robert, second Lord Hungerford,
possessed lands and tenements in the parish of Fountel, and that those lands descended
to his son Robert, third Lord Hungerford, is clear; {Inq, p, m., 37 Hen. VL^
No, 17); that those lands were purchased by the second Lord fi*om the Inge family, as
suggested by Mr. Jackson, is probable ; or they may have been acquired in part from
Inge, and in other part from the representatives of Sir Thomas West, who, in 1 386, also
died seised of lands and tenements in the parish of Fountel-Giffard {Inq. p. m. 10 Ric. II.
No. 52), and from the Priory and Convent of Wytham, for whom, in 1391, lands in
Fountel were held by William Stourton and others (inq, 15 Ric II,),
But neither Robert, second Lord Hungerford, nor Inge, West, nor Stourton, seems to
have possessed either the manor of Fountel-Giffard, or that of Famehyll, in Fountayne (both
of which, according to Hoare, descended to Eleanor Moleyns, who married Robert, third
Lord Hungerford^ inasmuch as I find that, in 1287, Robert Mauduit died seised of the
manor of Funtel 5 ; which, in 1382, was held by Johanna, wife of Roger Dove I ; that, in
1424, William Moleyns died possessed of it, and of the manor of Famhyll IT ; and that, in
1429, both manors are included in the lands of William Moleyns, his son.**
• See Cott. Mss., Brit. Mus., Jtdius B. xii., fo, 237. See also ^/> R. Hoaris Hist. WiltSy for
tn abstract of these Deeds.
t See Hoare' s South Wiltsh., vol. 4, *' Hund. of Dunworth,'* pp. 195-6.
\ Mr. Jackson infonned me that he had in his possession an Abstract of Deeds confirming this
statement
I Inq, p, m, 16 Ed, I, No. 3a | Inq, p,m,6 Ric, II. No, 34.
\ Inq, p. m, 3 Hen. VI, No, 29. •• Inq. p. m, 8 Hen, VI. No. 38.
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If my supposition be correct, that the manors in question did accrue to Robert, third
Lord Hungerford, by his marriage, the question is, how they became vested in Margaret
Lady Botreaux. They certainly are not, by specific words, included in the conveyance
to her from her son.
The steps, before alluded to, which were taken by Robert Lord Hungerford and
Moleyns to avoid sequestration and to secure his property, proved ineffectual. In the
Inquisition taken on his death in 1464 {Inq. post morty 4 Edw. IV,, No. 56), the deeds
which he had executed to his mother in 1 460 were treated as nullities, so far as they pur-
ported to vest his lands in her ; for we find in the schedule of estates of which he
died seised, the very lands, including Fonthill, which he had conveyed to her. The lands
were seized by the Crown, and in 1468 were granted by Edward IV. to his brother
Richard, Duke of Gloucester,* a fact, it may be remarked, at variance with Hoare's
statement that the lands of Lord Hungerford and Moleyns were granted to Lord Wenlock.
The grant to the Duke of Gloucester did noiy however, include the manors of Fountel-
Giffard or of Farnehyll, which strengthens the supposition that they did not form a portion
of the forfeited lands.
Margaret, Lady Hungerford and Botreaux, made arrangements with the Crown
and the Duke of Gloucester, by which she obtained possession of some of the lands that
had been forfeited ; portions of which she sold, in order to raise money to redeem the
remainder, and othenvise to assist in restoring the fortune of her House,t and it would
appear probable that the lands at Fountel were included in the arrangement with the
Crown, and that they, together with the manors (which were assumed to form part of
them), were sold at that time to John Mervyn, who was one of the confidential friends,
trustees, and general managers of Lady Hungerford and Botreaux. This supposition
is borne out by the statements contained in the answer of Mervyn to a Bill in Chancery, J
filed against him and John Touke (12th Edw. IV., 1472-3) by Sir Oliver Manyngham,
Knight, and his wife Alianore, widow of Robert Lord Hungerford and Moleyns.
The Bill alleged that *'the said Robert and Alianore were seized in theyre demene as
** in fee, as in right and title of the said Alianore, of " [inL alia] " the manor of Famehill in
" Fountehill, and Founthill Gyfford, w*** theyre appurtenances, and of the advouson of
" the Church of Fountehille Gyfford ;" and that being " so seasid, made estate by f)Tie, of
" alle the said manors," &c., unto " William, Bishop of Winchestre, Piers Ardern,
" Knight, John Mervin, John Touke, and John Wynge," " to the use and behoef of
" the foresaid Alianore and her heyres, and to . th'entent that they shoulde therof make
" estate unto the forsaid Alianore, and to her heyres and assignes, when they were thereto
" required, the whiche William Bishop of Winchestre and Piers Ardern aforesaid
" have, by the)n: dede, relesid and quite claymed alle theyr right and title that they made
** in alle the aforesaid manors, londes and tenementes, with alle theyr appurtenances
" above said, to the forsaid Alianore, and to her heyres for evermore, according to
, '* th'entent abovesaid, and ofte tymes your said besechirs have required the forsaid John
" Mervyn and John Touke to make estate of, and in, alle the said manors, londes,
*' tenementes and advowsons abovesaid, with their appurtenanc', to the forsaid Alienors
** and her heyres, according to the wille and entent abovesaid ; whiche to doo they utterly
" and either of them have refusid and it [yet] dothe."
The answer made by John Mervyn is : That as to all the manors, &c., in the Bill
mentioned, " except the man's of Farnehill in Fountehill and Fountehill Gifford, and all
" the landes and tents w' thap'ten*nce in Famehill in Fountell and Fountell Gifford," he
♦ See copy Grant, dated 25th Oct. 1468; Cott. Afss., Brit. Mtis., Juliits B. XIII., /. 113.
t See the very interesting " Laste Will of Margarete, Lady Hungerford and Botreaux," with "the
wryting annexed," dated 8th August, 1476. Printed in Sir Harris Nicolas' " Testanunta Vetusta"
vol, i., A 3'0-
X The Bill and Answer are printed in exUnso in the " Calendars of proceedings in Chancery,**
vol. f., p. xci., et. seq, A note is appended, stating that there was a rejoinder by the plaintiffs, but that
only part of it remains.
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had at all times " seyn the said fyn levied, been redy and yet is to make therof astat, to
" the said Alianore and hurheires;" but, as to the FounthiU estate, the answer proceeds :
** And as to the seid man's of Famehill in Fountehill and FountehiU GifFord, and to all
** the seid londes and tents in Famehill in Fountehill, and Foimtehill Gifford aforesaid the
" seid John Mervyn bi p'testacon, not knowing the same man's, londes, and tents, to
" be conteigned in the said fyn, for answer saieth, that at the tyme of the same fyn
" leveed they that wer p'ties to the same fyn no thyng hadde in the same man's, landes,
" and tents, ner any of them ony thyng had in the same; but Margaret Lady Hunger-
** FORD AND BoTREUX at the tyme of the same fyn leveed was thereof seased in
'* hur de"*' as in fee to hur owyn p*pr use, wAoes astat of and in the same Man^s^ londeSy
'* and tents the seid y^ohn Mervyn hath to his own p^ pre use"
The result of the dispute does not appear ; but it would seem that John Mervyn
continued in possession of the estates, including the manors of Fountel-Giffard and
Famehyll in Fountayne and the advowson^ as the presentation to the living in 1550 was
made by his great-grandson, Sir John Mervyn, Kn*, and a rent roll of his manor of
Fonthill Gyfford, dated 20 Sep., 1559, is still existing.*
It should, however, as respects the presentation to the living of Fountel, be
remarked that there were two vacancies between that which occurred in 1458, and to
which Lord Hungerford and Moleyns presented, and the presentation made by Sir
John Mervyn in 1550. These vacancies occurred in 152 1 and 1547. In the institutions,
no patron is named for the former, but the latter was filled up on the presentation of Sir
Thomas Arundel, Kt
As regards the marriage of John Mervyn with "^Joan," daughter of Lord Hun-
gerford, the sole authority for it, so far as appears, is Vincent's pedigree.t It is not
corroborated by any entry in the Hungerford pedigrees in the College of Arms, nor by
any other documents relating to that family to which I have been able to refer.
Walter, first Lord Hungerford, who died in 1449, had, according to Dugdale,J
two daughters ; Elizabeth, married to Sir Philip Courtenay Kt., and Margaret, wife
of Sir Walter Rodenay ; both of whom were mentioned in their father's will. Robert
Lord Hungerford (Walter's son), who died in 1459, mentions in his will a daughter
Mary (who is also named in the will of her grandfather before referred to). Her marriage
is not mentioned in Dugdale, nor is it noted in the Hungerford pedigrees. It, therefore,
only remains to conjecture, that for "Joan " is to be read " Mary ;" but it is somewhat
difficult, in the event of this conjecture being adopted, to account for the omission of /ler
name from the list of persons for whose souls prayers were directed, by Margaret Lady
Hungerford and Botreaux, in the Foundation Deed of the Hospital at Heytesbury, to be
offered up in the Parish Church of Heytesbury ; especially as one of the persons named
was John Mervyn, '* cum ab hdc luce migraveritr Again, the same Margaret Lady
Hungerford and Botreaux, by her will (August 8th, 1476), appointed that in the Chapel
which she had begun to build within the Cathedral Church of Salisbury, there should be
founded a perpetual chantry for the daily celebration of divine service for the soules of
divers of her family, and, amongst others, for the soul of ** John Mervyn, Esquire, after this
" life ;" but no mention is made of his wife, as surely would have been the case if she had
been a Hungerford. John Mervyn was named one of the Trustees of the will of
Margaret, Lady Hungerford and Botreaux; but the date of his death does not
appear. Vincent's Pedigree gives him two sons: — Walter, and Hugh ; but he must have
had a third son, if the words ^^ Nepos IVaiteri Maruin de Fountainein Com, JVi/ts Ar"
(the description attached to William Mervyn, with whom the Pedigree of the Pert^vood
branch of the family commences, as recorded in the Visitation of Wilts, 1623, Ms, Coll,
♦ State Papers^ Dam. Series Eliz., vol. w., Case A., EHz, No. 2.
t Ms. Coll. Arms, " Vincents Sussex, I2i" p, 393,
X Dug, Bar,, fo, 1,676, vol. ii,, p, 206.
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Arms ^^ I. C. 22'') are to be taken, as I have no doubt they are, to mean Nephew
(and not Grandson as has been suggested) of Walter • Mervyn, as to which see
HUGH MERVYN, the second son, married; but Vincent's pedigree does not
name his wife. It, however, shows a match between his '* daughter and co-heir "
(whose Christian name is not stated) with " Bughton, of Cawsham '' (Corsham).
WALTER MERVYN, of Fountel-Giffard, the eldest son, married twice ; his
first wife, JOAN, died without issue.* His second wife was MARY, daughter of John
MOMPESSON,t or Mountpenson, of Bathampton, in the
county of Wilts (by Isabel dau. and coh. of Thomas
Drewe), who by his will, J dated i8th September, 1500
(and which, with a codicil, was proved at Lambeth on 5th
October, 1502), made to his "son Walter Mervyn *' the fol-
lowingbequest : " my russet gowne furred with old marteme"
and " one of my dowbelettes of silk, and to my dowght'
his wife "iij.goblettes with a cou'yng, and to hir xl' and
the dettes that they owe me."
Walter Mervyn was possessed of the Manors
of Fountel-Giffard and Famehyll in fee, and died in
possession of those estates on 12U1 July, 15 12.* His will
is dated 20th November, 2 Hen. VIII. (15 10). By Mary
— Mompesson, he had two sons and three daughters.
I. John Mervyn of Fountel-Giffard, the eldest son, of whom hereafter.
II. Sir Edmund Mervyn, of Durford Abbey, in the county of Sussex {Sef
*' IBurfort afiiej »ranrl).")
1. Alianora Mervyn, who was the first wife of Ambrose Dauntesey, of
West Lavington, in the co. of Wilts, by whom she had issue, represented, in
the male line in 1623, by Ambrose Dauntesey, then aged 13 years.§
2. A Daughter (whose Clmstian name does not appear) married
Fitz-James, of Redlinch, in Somersetshire. ||
• See Abstract of Inq. p.m., Appendix I., page iii. I have been unable, after careful search, to
find Waller Mervyn's will, which is mentioned in the inquisition.
t There was a second marriage between the Mervyn and Mompesson families ; Sir John Mervyn, as
we shall presently see, had, for his second wife, Elizabeth Mompesson, the grand-niece of the above-
mentioned " Mary."
X John \lompesson, the Testator, was Sheriff of Wilts, 18 Edw. IV. His father, Robert
Mompesson, appears to have been the first of the family who settled in Wiltshire ; he married Alice, the
daugliter and heiress of William Godwyn, of Gillingham, co. Dorset, by Elizabeth his wife, dau. and
heiress of Thomas Bonham, temp. Hen. V. It is stated by Sir R. C. Hoare^that the Mompesson family are
supposed to have descended from the Mounpynzon family, who flourished in Norfolk from a date shortly
after the Conquest, until the reign of Edw. II. Sir Gyles Mounpynzon, of Norfolk, temp. Edw. I., had
for his arms, ** Argtnt^ a tme lion sable^ a une pinzion de Or en U espaudU,* a bearing corresponding wth
the Mompesson coat, viz., " Argent^ a lion rampant sable, charged on the shoulder with a chaffinch Or**
§ Ms. Coll. Arm, '* I.C. 22." Visit, ll^tlts, 1623, 18/'. The coat of Dauntesey, there recorded,
is, ** Gules ^ a lion rampant argent ^ seizing a wyvern erect proper**
II I have been unable to trace this marriage, the authority for which is Vincent's pedigree. (^Ms.
Coll, Arms, *'Fin. Sussex, 121,"/. 392). The family of Fitz-James was seated in Somersetshire as early
as the reign of Edw. III. {Inq. post mort., 23 Edw, III., No. 41). Richard Fitz-James, Bishop of
London, 1505, who died in 1522, was the son of John Fitz-James fwho died in 1476), by Alice, dau. of
John Newburgh, of Dorsetshire, and grandson of James Fitz-James, who acquired the estate of Redljmch,
in that county, by his marriage with Eleanor, daughter and heir of Simon Draycott. Sir John Fitz-James,
the nephew of the Bishop, was, in 1526, Chief Justice of the King's Bench, and died circ. 1542. (See
Fos^ Judges of England, Ed. 1857, vol. v., p. 170, et seq., where the pedigree of the family is very fully
discussed). The Bishop had a brother Alored Fitz-James, who settled at Lewston, co. Dorset {Hutchin/s
Hist. Dorset, vol. iv., p. ii.) The arms borne by Fitz-James the Chief Justice, as given by Dugdale, in
his " Origines Juridi dales** ed. l6yi, /. 329, were " Azure, a dolphin naient embawed argent between 3
mullets Or** The same arms are given for the name of Fitz-James, in Somersetshire. Ms, Coll, Arms
Alphabet of Arms, marked '' I. K. U* p. 17.
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3- Jane Mervyn married Edward Burley, of Writtle, in the parish of Potteme
CO. Wilts, eldest son of Thomas Burley, of Esterton, in the same county.*
JOHN MERVYN, the elder son of Walter Mervyn and Mary Mompesson,
married ELIZABETH, daughter and co-heiress of John
GREEN, of Stotfold, co. Beds, by Edith LATiMER,t by
whom he appears to have had three sons and one
daughter, and to have died during the lifetime of his
father, who, 9th April, i Henry VIII. (1509), settled
the Manor of Fountel-Giffard and Famehyll, in trust for
Elizabeth, relict of his son John Mervyn deceased,
if she continued sole; with remainder to John Mervyn
their son, remainder to settlor's right heir. Elizabeth
Mervyn is mentioned in Inq. p. m. 4 Henry VIII. (15 12),
and was living at the date of her mother's will (1517).
The issue of the marriage of John Mervyn and Elizabeth
Green were : —
I. William Mervyn, ) ,
II. George Mervyn, ) ' ^'^'
III. Sir John Mervyn, of Fountel-Giffard, Knt, of whom hereafter.
I. Elizabeth Mervyn, married Thomas Hall,! of Bradford, in
the county of Wilts, by whom she had issue (See Visif, Wilts, 1565)
represented at the Visitation of Wilts 1623 by Thomas Hall, aet 22. {Harl,
3fs.y JVb. 1 111; Ms. ColL Arm ''I,C, 22").
SIR JOHN MERVYN, of Fountel-Giffard, Knight, succeeded his grandfather
Walter. He married twice ; his first wife being JANE,
daughter of Philip BASKERVILLE, of Sherborne, in
the county of Dorset (afterwards of Erdesley, in the
county of Hereford), and widow of William Peverell, of
Bradford Peverell, in the county of Somerset
By Jane Baskerville, who was buried at Fountel,, Sir
John had thirteen children, five sons and eight daughters,
viz. : —
I. Sir James Mervyn, Knt, of whom hereafter.
• This match is corroborated by an entry in the Burley Pedigree, which occurs in the Visitation of
Wilts, Anno. 1565 {^fs, Coll. Armsy " G. 8,"/. 17^), the representative of the marriage at that time being
their son and heir George Burley of Writtle.
t Edith Latimer was daughter and one of the heirs of Sir Nicholas Latimer, Sheriff of Dorset and
Somerset, 32 Hen. VI. and ii Edw. IV., who died in 1505, s. p. m., by Joan, daughter of Sir John
Hody, Kn*- Edith Latimer married three times ; her /irsl husband being John Green, of Stotfold, co.
Bedford, by whom he had two daughters and co-heiresses, viz., Cicilie, who married for her first husband
Richard Page, of Aylesbury; and Elizabeth, who was the wife of John Mervyn. Edith Latimer's J^f^//^
husband was Sir John Mordaunt, Kn** of Turvey, by whom she had issue two sons and one daughter, viz.,
John, created Lord Mordaunt, William Mordaunt, and Joan who married Giles Strangways, of Stynnesford,
in the county of Dorset. Sir John Mordaunt died in 1504, and hiswidow married again, her tAird husband being
Sir John Carew, Kn*-, by whom she had not any children. {Mss. Coll, Arms, ^^ Vincents Chaos" p. 340.
See also a carefully compiled and elaborate pedigree by Beltz and Heard^ "% P. 87," p. 395.) By her Will
dated 1st January, 15 17, Edith, Lady Carew, then residing at Dawlish, in the parish of Buckland Abbot, in the
county of Dorset, made bequtfsts to her daughters Cecilie Page, Elizabeth Mervyn, and Joan Strangways,
and appointed her son-in-law Giles Strangways, the sole executor, who proved the WiU on 30th April,
1518, in the P. C. Cant. (i?^jgr. ATo. 7, Aylof.)
t The arms of Hall are "Sable, 3 battle-axes argent:* In the Visitation of Wilts, 1565, Ms. Coll.
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II. Edmund Mervyn, who married Jane, daughter of Sir Richard Catesby,
Knight, by his first wife, Dorothy, daughter of Sir John
Spencer, Knight, of Wormleighton, co. Northampton,*
and widow of Robert Gaynesford, of Carshalton, Surrey,
at which place they were married 19 February, 1558-9;!
and by her Edmund Mervyn, who was living in 1578, J
had three sons : —
I. John Mervvn,§ living 1578.$ He was tenant
for life under his grandfather's will of his
''purchased estateSy' including the manor of
Compton Basset.
II. Edmund Mervyn, who is recorded by Vin-
cent as having married Ann Hudleston,
and is mentioned in his grandfather's will.
He was living in 1578.^ Vincent gives
issue of this marriage one son, viz. : —
I. James Mervyn.
III. Richard Mervyn, living 1578,$ and men-
tioned in his grandfather's will.
III. John Mervyn, stated by Vincent to have died s.p. He was living in
1578.J
IV. Philip Mervyn, living 1578,$ he also is stated in Vincent's pedigree to
have died s. p. He was appointed by his father's will (1566) one of the
executors.
V. Ambrose Mervyn, fifth son, but thirteenth child, married Susan, daughter
of Geoffiy Upton, || of Warmester, in the county of Somerset He was
Arm^ **G. 8," /. 48^, the arras of Hall, with four quarterings, are tricked, as are also the arms of
Elizabeth Mervyn; but the coat there given for Mervyn differs from that borne by her brother. Sir John
Mer\yn, being " Argent, a demi lyon rampant sable," as used by the Pertwood branch, except that the
fleur de lis is omitted.
• See the Catesby pedigree, Ms. Coll Arms^ ^^ Vincents Northamptonshire 114,"/. 275. Dttgdal^s
Warwickshire^ fo. ed. 1 730, vol. 2,/. 788, and Manning and Bray's Surrey yfo. ed. 1804, vol. 2.
t Register of Marriages, Carshalton, Surrey, where the following entry occurs, ** 1558-9, Feb, 19,
Edmond Marvin and Jam Gaynesfofd." See also Funeral Certificate of Sir John Mervyn, Appendix
I., p. xii.
t In 1578, Sir James Mervyn made a Deed relating to a portion of his property in the parish of
Tisbury. The following is a copy of the abstract made by the late Mr. G. F. Beltz, Lancaster Herald, on
his examination of Deeds and old writings, at Fonthill, in 1798. [Ms. Coll. Arms. ** A. xviii. y. P.
18," /. 198.] " Indenture, 7th May, 20th Elizabeth, 1578; bet>\een Sir Tames Mervin, Knight, of first
" part, and William Gibbs, of the Middle Temple, London, Gent., of the other part. Said James
" Mervin hath limited Ashell's Down, or Ashell's Wood, in parish of Tysbury, Wilts, cum pt'in', which
" said Sir James late had of Sir Mathue Arrundel, Kt., in exchange for other lands. Said Sir James
" Mervin, in consideration of a marriage heretofore had between said Sir James and Dame Amy now his
" wife, and for love to John Mervin, Edmund, and Richard Mervin, nephews to said Sir James; viz*-,
** Sons of Edmund Mefvin, brother of said Sir James ; and unto Philip, John, and Ambrose Mervin, and
*' to the said Edmund, brothers of said Sir James; said Sir James determined that the premises should con-
** tinue in the name and blood of the Mervins. Ashell's Wood to continue to said Sir James Mervin and
•* Dame Amy, his wife, — remainder to such person to whom the Manor of Fonthill-Gifford, — and by Inden-
" ture tripartite between said Sir James Mervin, by name of James Mervin, Esq., first part, John Ryves, Esq.,
'* second part, Henry Mervin and Robert Hill, Esq., third part, the premises are conveyed to remain or
" descend to the person who shall hold the Manor of Fonthill-Gifford."
In 1590, by Deed dated 3 Dec. 33 Eliz., Sir James (his wife Amy being then dead) revoked the
above Deed, and settled the premises to his own use (^Beltz Abstract^ ; and they passed to his grandson,
Mcr\'yn, Earl of Castlehaven, and on his attainder, to the Crown, with the other Mervyn property which he
possessed. (^I/care's IViltshire, Dunworth Hund.^ p. 134).
§ It is probably this John Mervyn, who is mentioned in W^illis* " Notitia Parlianientaria" as of the
Middle Temple, and M.P. for Hind on, in the sixth and seventh Parliaments held at Westminster, 28 and 31
Eliz., 15S6-88.
II The Pedigree of the family of Upton is entered in the Visit, of Somerset, 1591 (ATj. Coll. Arms,
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named in his father's will (1566) as one of the executors, and he was also
a legatee under the will and codicil of his brother Sir James Mervyn, dated
I St April, 16 10, who requests that his adopted son Henry Mervyn, and his
wife Christiana, will in respect of the love and bountye that he had
bestowed on them, ** bestowe meate, drink, and lodging" upon " his
brother Ambrose as he (the testator) had theretofore done.'*
I. Philip Mervyn (living 16 10), son of the above Ambrose, was a
legatee under the will and codicil of his uncle Sir James, who,
however, declares that it is not his will that the said Philip should
" fynger or have delivered unto him '' the legacy, but that it should
be employed to raise ;^io yearly towards his maintenance so long
as he should live.
f . Eleanor Mervyn, Sir John's eldest daughter, was the second wife of Robert
Hill, of Yarde, near Taunton, in the county of Somerset, and was living
at the death of her father in 1566, at which time she had issue* as
follows : —
I. Robert Hill, ob. s.p., II. James Hill, ob. s.p.
III. Gilbert Hill. ob. s.p. IV. John Hill, ob. s.p.
V. Hugh Hill married Mary, daughter of Sir John Bonde, of
London, Knt, by whom he had issue. He is mentioned in the
Will of his uncle Sir James Mervyn, .who also names Winifred
hfs (Hugh Hill's) daughter.
1. Jane Hill married Thomas Breeton.
2. Elizabeth Hill, ob. s.p.
3. Margaret Hill married Martin, co. Devon.
2. Edith Mervyn died unmarried.
3. Margaret Mervyn, who married John Cook, of Underbridge, in the Isle of
Wight, was living in 1566, and had the following issue: —
I. John Cook, ob. s.p. i. Ursula Cook. 2. Elizabeth Cook.
4. Euzabeth Mervyn was the wife of John Ryves t of Damory Court, in the
county of Dorset, who is referred to in his father-iti-law Sir John*€ will, and
appointed by it the guardian of the testator's grandchildren, John, Edmond,
and Richard.
The issue of this marriage living at the date of the Visitation of Wiltshire in
1623 (/far/, Ms.y No. 1,166), were: —
I.John Ryves. II. George Ryves. III. Charles Ryves.
IV. Henry Ryves. i. Elizabeth. 2. Amy.
" G. i9.,"/>- '06), from which it appears that they descended from John Upton, of Trelask, co. Cornwall,
by Margaret, daughter and coh. of John Mulys, whose great-great-grandson, Geoffrey Upton, of War-
mester, married Mary, daughter and coheir of Thomas Hone, of Mary St. Ottery, co. Devon. The Visitation
of 1591 records the marriage of Susan Upton with Ambrose Mervyn.
• The names of the children of the marriage of Eleanor Mervyn and Robert Hill, are taken
from Sir John Mervyn's Funeral Certificate (1566). Ms. Coll. Arms, "/. n,"/. 75- See Appendix I., p. xii.
In the Visitation of Somerset in 1623 {Ms. Coll. An/is^ " 2 C. 22.. p. 285) ( j7 years subsequently)
the particulars of the family are recorded thus : — Robert Hill, of Yarde, near Taunton (the second son
of Roger Hill, of Taunton, by Alice, daughter of John Towse) married two wives, yfrj/, Alicia, a daughter
of Clarke, by whom he had one child, a daughter, who married William Symes of Chard, co.
Somerset, who had iiisue : Sdcondly, Eleanor Mervyn, by whom he had, I. Hugh Hill the eldest son
(mentioned in his uncle. Sir James Mer\7Ti's will) who married Mary, the daughter of Sir John Bonde, of
London, Knt, and had issue; H. James Hill ; HI. John Hill, ob. j./., I, a daughter (Margaret) who
was the wife of Martin, co. Devon; 2, Jane, who married Thomas Breeton, and had issue. The
arms df Hill, appended to the entry in the Visitation of 1623, as "allowed, under the hand of Robert
Cooke, Clarencieux 1570," are, ** GuUs^ a cJuvron engraiUd ermine y between three garbs or, the whole
tuiihin a bordure argent^
t There was a further marriage between the Merv^yn and Ryves families. Elizabeth, the daughter
of Robert Ryves, of Ranston, co. Dorset, and niece of this John Ryves, was the wife of George Mervyn, of
Knoyle, the second son of George Mervyn, of Pertwood, by Melior Goldesborough. See ^frttDOOlV
Sranri.
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5. Margaret Mervyn, (a second daughter of this name,) being the tenth child
of Sir John Mervyn and Jane Baskerville, is mentioned in her father's
funeral certificate, and in his will is referred to as " my daughter, Mergarett
the younger." She married Francis Perkins, of Ufton, co. Berks.
6. Anne Mervyn, wife of Edward Corduroy, of Chute, in the county of
Southampton, by whom she had issue a daughter, Amy, who is mentioned
in Sir John's funeral certificate.
Two other daughters (whose Christian names are not given) are stated in Sir
John's funeral certificate to have died without issue.
Sir John Mervyn was knighted by Edward the Protector Duke of Somerset,
at the camp at Roxburghe, in Scotland, i Edw. VI.* He survived his first wife, and
married, secondly, ELIZABETH,t daughter of John
MOMPESSON, of Bathampton, in the county of Wilts,
and widow of Sir Richard Perkins, of Ufton, in the county
of Berks, Knt. ; but by her Sir John had no issue that lived.
In the second Parliament, i Mary J (1554), Sir John
Mervyn was returned as one of the Knights of the Shire
for Wiltshire, and in the following Parliament (also 1554),
he sat as member for Calne.J He died, as appears by
his funeral certificate, § "on Tuesday, the 19^1 day of
" June, 1566, in the eighth year of the Queen's reign, at
" his house at Fountayne Gifford, in the county of Wilts,
" about 5 o'clock at night."
Sir John Mervyn added to his estates in Wiltshire
by the purchase in 1553 for j£gs^ 2s. 2jd. of the fee of
the manor of Compton Bassett, which had previously been held by his family under lease,
and which property had formed part of the jointure of Queen Catherine Parr. The
purchase of this property gave rise, as will be after seen, to a very bitter litigation between
Sir John's eldest son and his mother-in-law.
The manor of Compton Basset was conveyed to Sir John by grant ft-om the Crown,
dated at Westminster, 4th February, 7 Edw. VI.IT He made his will,|| which is stated to
have been dated the 8th June, 1566; but that date would, if the day of his death is
accurately stated in the funeral certificate, appear to be incorrect, as in the proceedings
connected with the litigation,** the will is said to have been all written in Sir John's
chamber on the forenoon of the day on which he died. By it the testator directs his body
to be buried at Fountel, by the side of his first wife, and he instructs his executors to see
that he and his Lady Elizabeth, " my wief that now ys," are buried " after a worshipful!
sorte there, according to our estate." The directions as to the burial were evidently very
strictly complied with ; no doubt under the supervision of his widow. The Herald's
certificate shows that it was attended with all due formalities ; it gives a very detailed
account of the proceedings previous to and at the funeral, including a note of the sermon
preached in the church by Mr. Proctor, the Chancellor of the Bishop of Salisbury, in
which the defunct was much commended for ** his juste dealinge and for kepynge p'myses."
The worthy Knight was followed to his grave by four of his five sons ; by five daughters ;
♦ CoiL Mss. Claude, C. ill., fo. 169.
t Elizabeth, Dame Mervyn, was one of the four daughters (and eventually co-heiress) of John
Mompesson, who was Sheriff for Wilts 24 Hen. VII., by Alice, daughter of Sir John Lye, Kt., of the
Isle of Wight. She was grand-niece of Mary Mompesson, who was Sir John Mervyn's grandmother.
t Willies ^^Notitia Parliamentarian
§ See copy printed in Appendix I., p. xii.
II See copy Will, printed in Appendix I., p. ix.
\ State Papers, Dom. Jas. /., Vol. 192,/. 7, where there is a copy of the Grant.
*• State Papers, Dam, yas. J., Vol. 192,//. 7 and Z.
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and by one daughter-in-laww His eldest son James was absent, and his place as chief
mourner was filled by the second son Edmimd. The absence of the heir, which unex-
plained would seem strange, no doubt resulted from his dissatisfaction with his father's
will, or rather with the will which, as he maintained, was put forward as Sir John's, but which
had in fact been made for him at the time he was almost in extremis^ by his wife and the
priest*
The particular point of dissatisfaction with the Will appears to have arisen out of a
bequest which it contained, entailing on the testator's grandsons John, Edmund, and
Richard (the sons of Edmund), all the testator's " purchased lands," which included the
Manor of Compton Basset ; a disposition which must have been annoying enough to Sir
. James, on whom the Fountel-Giffard property was entailed, seeing that a portion of the park
and grounds, including " the dairy, ponds, heronsewes, orchard, hopyarde, and his feeding
" for beefe and muttons for his p'vicon. which his ancestors were driven to holde in lease
** theise cc yeres which lieth intermyngled w*' his olde inheritans rounde aboute his house,
** evyn to his doore, and for p'chase of w** Sir John was dryven to selling a greate peece of
" auncient inheritaunce,"t were alienated from him. The feud waxed strong. Dame
Elizabeth Mervyn and the priest William Gyll were proceeded against by James Mervyn for
forging the Will, and John Ryves, the testator's son-in-law, for " bolstringe and mayn-
" teyninge thereof "t There seems to have been hard swearing on the part of my lady's
witnesses, who being for the most part " unlearned servingmen, handmaidds, ladds, and
" girles," did nevertheless ** skilfully and p'cisely depose, as leamedlie as utter barresters."t
\^^hether or not their evidence they carried the day, and the Will remained undisturbed,
does not appear; but in 1607 Sir James Mervyn was in possession of the Manor of
Compton Basset, as in that year the Attorney-General proceeded against him to recover,
on the part of the Crown, some ** assart " landsj which Sir James claimed in Chippenham
and Melksham Forests, as being parcel of the Manor, t
Dame Elizabeth Mervyn survived her husband fifteen years, having died 25th Sep-
tember, 1 58 1 ,§ in which year her will bears date. She appears to have altered her intention
of being interred " after a worshipfull sorte," at Fountel, as she gives express directions for
her burial at Ufton, near Richard Parkyns, her first husband. From her will it seems
that a ** woeing" which at the time of Sir John Mervin's death was going on between his
daughter Margaret, " the younger," and my Lady's " ward and nephew," Francis Parkyns.f
ended in matrimony, as they and their children were the principal beneficees under her
wilL II No other members of the Mervyn family are mentioned in it.
* William Gyll, then incumbent of FounteL
t Sec State Papers, Dom, Jos. /., Vol. 192, pp. 7, 8.
Woodlands cleared for cultivation.
See ** Elias AshmoUs Antiquitus of Berkshire,** 8vo., 3 vols., Lond. 1723, vol. I, p. 27,
** Utton alias Uffington. Towards the east end of the Chancel, on the north side, is raised a fair and large
" stone monument, where the statues of Richard Perkin, Esq., and the Lady Mervyn, his wife, were made
" kneeling before a desk, but are now broken down." See also Abst Inq. p. m., after Lady Mervyn's
death. Appendix L, p. iv.
II See will of Dame Elizabeth Mervyn, late the wife of Sir John Mervyn, Kt, dated 24th July, and
proved 27th Sep., 1581. P. C. Cant. (Reg. 32 Darcy.)
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SIR JAMES MERVYN, third child but ekkst son of Sir John Merv^-n and
Jane BaskiiRville, succeeded on his father's death
in 1566 to the Fountel-Gifi'ard estate. He was bom
in 1529, and is described in Sir John's funeral certificate
and in Inq. p. m. taken on Sir John's death, Appendix
I. p iv., as " Esciuire for the body of the Queen s
Majesty.'** He married AMY, daughter of Valentine
CLARKE, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter and heir of
Roland Bridges. In Sir John Mervyn's funeral certifi-
cate, Sir James' wife is described as being, at the time of
the marriage, widow of Home of Sarsdon in the
county of Oxford, pensiuner.f In the fourth Parliament of
Queen Elizabeth, held at Westminster (1572) Sir James,
then Mr. Mer\yn, sat as representative for the county
__ of Wilts. J Erom the " Diiaitus Lancasfria *' ( Vol. 2,
/^''^ 3> /• 379)» I fin<^ that in 1568 he was Steward of
the Duchy lands (Kyngeston, Lacy Manor, Holt Chace and Park, and Wymbome
Mynster), in the County of Dorset, an office of which he certainly was in pos-
session in 1589-90; although in 1578-9 (21 F^lizabeth) there seems to have been
some dispute al>out it ; as in that year a process was made by one Andrew Rogers,
who claimed the bailiwick and keepership of the Chace of Kingston, Lacy Manor, &c,
under a patent granted to Sir James Blunt, Kn^, Lord Mountjoy. In i574,§ Sir James
received the honor of knighthood, and in 1592 he held the office of Collector of
Customs at Dartmouth, as appears by two letters written by him to the Lord High
Treasurer, Burghley, preserved in the British Mu>eum. {Lansd. Mss. No. 70, Arts, 66
and 70.) The letters refer to the prize Portuguese Carrack, the " Madre di Digs," which
having in August, 1592, been taken by a fleet fitted out by Sir Walter Raleigh and others,
aided by some ships belonging to the Earl of Cumberland, was brought into Dartmouth
Harbour. Special Commissioners, as was usual in cases where prizes were taken by mer-
chant adventurers, as they were termed, were appointed, to secure in the first place to the
Queen her Custom dues, and then to make due division amongst the parties entitled to
the prize. 1 1
The Commissioners appointed to take charge of the " Madre di Dios " were Sir
Robert Cecil, Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Francis Drake, William Killegrew, Richard Caraiaden,
and Thomas Myddleton.
* See particulars of this now obsolete office in Pegge's Curialia, 4*^ Lond: 1 791.
f I do not find any pedigree of Home recorded in ihe Visitations of Oxfordshire, in 1 566, or 1 574; but
there is entered in the former (J/j. Coll. Amts^ " G. S" P- '9) ^ pedigree of Bustarde, of Adderbury, which
gives a marriage of Anthony Bustarde with Jane, daughter of " John Home, of Saresiden, in county Oxon,
Esquirp," and, at the time of the Visitation of the county, in 1574, the Herald, Richard Lee (/Vr/ri////>,) visited
Sarsden House, near Chipping Norton, and examined the Arms found in the windows there ; amongst others
he notes a coat ** Ar^^n/, oft a chiiron eitgraiUd giiles^ betioein three uiiiayrn^ luads erased azure, a crescent
Or" impaling " Or, tiuo bars azure, in chief three escallops ; in fesse a mullet gules" and over it written
" E. HoRNE and Amye Clarke." (See " Gatherings of Oxfordshire, Anno 1574," published by the
Harleian Society, 1871, from Lee's original Ms. in the Bodleian Library, Wood's Coils. 14 D.) In the list of
the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners in 17 Hen. viii. (1526) printed in Pegge's Curialia, p. 27, appears the
name of Edmund Home. The Horne arms, as given in the Bustarde pedigree above referred to, are
" Quarterly I and 4 Argent, on a chet'ron engrailed gules a crescent between three unicorn^ heads erased
azure" (agreeing with those in the Sarsden windows); "2nd and 3rd Ermine, three fleurs de lis within a
bordure engrailed gules." (J/r. Coll. Amis. " G 5,"/. 19.) This coat is also noted by Lee, who attributes
it to ** Fabian," of Essex.
t Willi/ ** Notitia Parliamentarian
§ Brit. Mus. Mss. Add 5,482/;. i^b. Lansd. Ms. 67S, fo. 18.
II See Notes upon the capture of " The Great Carrack," communicated by me to the Society of
Antiquaries in 1850. Anhaeologia, Vol. 33.
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The appointment of the Commissioners was viewed with jealousy by the .regular
appointed agents of the Customs, and a letter* to Lord Burghley, dated 12 Sept., 1592,
intimates that some questions had then already arisen with the officers of the Customs at
Dartmouth and Plymouth " touching the enteries and custome of suche goods of the
Carrick as shall be dischardged in ether of the said ports."
Sir James Mervyn's particular difficulties and complaints on the subject will be
best gathered from the following letter, t which he addressed to the Lord High
Treasurer : —
" May it please your good Lordship to be advertized that the Carricke beinge heare
" arrived w**»in the Porte of Dartmuthe (where I am Customer and Collector of hir M^'"
** receiptes), I have bin tolde by Mr. Midleton that he hathe warrant from hir M*** under
" hir owne hande, to collect and answer the custom thereof, affirminge that by his bonde
" he woulde save me harmles for the custom dewe for all the goodes and merchandize that
" showlde be discharged owte of the Carricke into other shippes to be transported into other
" havens.
" I thinke (the matter beinge of an unknowen importance) that he can hardly w^ his
" bare bonde discharge the bonde w*^ I and my suerties have entred into, muche lesse the
" oath wh** I have taken to the uttermoste of power and knowledge, for the beste advaunce-
" mente of hir M**- p'fites.
" Thearefore (my godd Lorde), havinge hir M^'** moste benefit in regarde, I hoape your
" Lordship will take suche order as that I may not any waves be indangered, nor incurr soe
" greate disgrace, as that by passing awaye a matter of soe great weighte to other ports, I
" may be censured insufficiente for the trew and juste answeringe of hir Ma^"* deuties in
" hir custom, w«*» nowe (the goodes being heare in saftie) at my perill shall be suerly
*' answered.
" Your Lordship 1 dowbte not hath bin advertized that matters of very great valewe
" have bin allredy sithence the comminge in of the goods imbeaseled by mariners and
" others, whearby it may seeme probable that by often ladinge and unladinge and transport-
" inge the same, it will much more be imbeaseled to hir M"** greate disadvantage.
" There have bin divers merchants of the beste accompte in London whose factors
" being heare have offered to deale for very great sommes, and to make suer paymente of
*' hir M**" custome eather hear or in London, yf it shoud amounte to xx. or XL. thowsand
" powndes, and at theyr owne hazardes to transporte the goods.
^ And nowe forasmuche as divers shipes ar heare freighted and at this psente in
" freightinge owte of the Caricke from Dartmuthe to London, some of two hundred tuns,
" some of five hundred tunes, some more, some lesse, and doe take into them certa>'ne
" goodes, wares and marchandize, viz., in chestes, buts, pipes, packes and in divers other
" formes of ladinge unknowen to the Customer for wante of Billes of Ladinge, by means
" whereof hir M"* may loose a greate parte of hir custom.
" And wheare alsoe certificats for every ship soe lade will be required of the Customer
" for the transportinge of the same to London, or els wheare, I shall be driven to make
" uncertayne certificats contrary to the Statuts in theese cases p'vided, and contrary to the
** orders in the Custom-howse, whiche I am bothe sworne and bownde in greate bondes to
" observe, beinge not able to expresse the qualitie nor quantitie of the contentes of a
" number of chestes, packes, buts, pipes, canisters, cases, fardells and other pacctiage.
" Thus cravinge your Lordshippes resolution what cowrse weare beste to be taken for
" hir M*'*" service and beste advantage before the dep'ture of the sayde shippinge owte of
" this haven, I humbly take my leave, prayinge the Allmeighty to continewe your Lordship's
" good helthe w*^ all happines. From Dartmuthe this s^conde day of October, 1592.
" Yo' LoP* mowche bownde
" To the Reighte honorable " and ever redye at comandement,
"myveryegood Lorde '* JAMES MERVIN.
" the Lo. Burleigh e, Lo.
" Heighe Tresorer of
" Englande. « D.D. these."
* John Bland to Lord Burghley, Lansd. Mss. 70, Art. 40.
t Lansd. Mss. 70, Art. 66.
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With Lord Burghley's reply I have not met ; but it would appear from a further
letter (Lansd, Mss, 70, Art, 70) from Sir James that a communication had been received
directing him to continue the discharge of his duties as Collector of Customs and " to
" courte the assistance of the Commissioners yf neede should soe requere." Further
difficulties, however, arose, and if Sir James Mervyn's account as given in the following
letter is to be credited, the fault did not rest with him, whose anxiety appears to have
been to obtain payment of all dues "for hir Ma**" best advantage."
** My verv good Lord, as I dought not but yo' Lo»' will narolye loke (as greate reason
'' is you shuld) into everye man's acctions that hatha had dealing in the discharge of the
" Carike here arrived, being a matter of soo great importance as it is, soo doo I assure
" my selfe that yo' Lo" will looke for at my hands, being heere hir Ma"» Custom' and
*' sooren to observe in like wyse the orders of the Custom bowse set downe by your Lo:
" direction, besyde yo"^ comandem* of late by yo' letters sente hither to courte for the
" assistance of the Comissioners (yf neede shuld soo requere) to have a trew and a p'fecte
" reckoning for all hir Ma*** custom owte of the sayd Carike, w** by noo meenes wilbe
" accomplesched as yt ought to be, or should have bin, yf I and the rest of the Officers of
** Custome howse myght have ben suffered to have don that that appteynethe unto us and
" owr office in all dewtye to have don.
" For ther is neyther custom', controuler, nor sercher but hathe bin tolde, being a ship
" bord in the Carike, that that was noo place for him, but rather to be a shore, and there
** to take a trew entree and note of all souche marchandice or other ware whatsoever shuld
*' be sett a land. And now som p'te thereof being sett a shore, the comissioners that ar
" now at Dartmouthe, w*^owte cawling eyther the custom', or his deputye, the controwler or
*^ sercher unto them, the seller doores (where mowche of thes marchandyce ar landed
" being fast locte upon them) they breke up the chestes, and the packes, they sorte them
" (as they saye), they sell them at ther plesure w**»owte the officers privitye. And for my
" owne p'te I have bin sondry tymes denied (the seller doors being fast kepte) to cum among
" them, or to be made accqueynted w**" any of their doings. Alleging that they were busye,
** praying me to spare them.
'' Soo as I must be forced for hir Ma^ custom to accepte of as miche or as lyttell as
" they lyst to make entre of, w^'^owte myne owne privitie or my deputy es of ane thing.
" And what ther reson is whi they should in this sorte seclude me from being
^ accqueynted w*** ther doings (yo* Lo : letters inferring the contrary), I know not, nor can
*' imagen, unlesse yt be that I stand soren to see all thmgs don uprightly for her Ma**« best
" advantage, and they at ther lybertye upon ther awne discretion to doo what they seme
" best. Thus having accoueynted yo' Lo"* w*** thes matf^, and having don, I protest my
" best endevor for the advancement of hir Ma^ Custome, I hope I and the rest of the
" Officers shalbe freed from blame, yf all things faule not owte as in right yt owte. And
" soo, praying God for the p'servation of yo' Lo' helthe, I huTjely take my leave. From
" Dartmowthe this vj*** of Octobre, 1592. " Yo' Lo^ mowche bounden
^ and ever redye at comandment,
Postscript.
*' Mr. Midleton tellithe me that he will not only anser the custom above, of all suche
^^ goods as ar to be transported from the Careke to London, but wold be his .... in
*' likewise (having made sale of as mich of the goods being sett at land as this comission
" extendethe unto), and for the custom therpof alsoo ; w**^ must needs be a very great discredit
'* unto me yf yt shuld be all taken owte of my hands, that the wordle may thinke his bare
'' credit for ansering the custom of the goods leyed a shore to be in more securyte then
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" upon my credyt and bonds, and therefore, unlesse yo' Lo^ plesure be signefyed to the
" contrary I meene to make staye of soo miche of the sayde goods as shall amonte unto the
" custome of all the goods what soever soo landed.
** To the right honorable my verye good Lord, the
" Lo. Burley, Lord high Tresorcr of Inglande,
" give thes at the Courte w**' haste."
In a return made to the Privy Council, dated 28th November, 1595, of the names
of '* Cientlemen of Accompte " not being citizens, lodging in London, I found that of
*• S^ jnmes Murvyn, of the countie of Wilts, Knight," wlio appCvirsto have been residing in
the Ward of Farringdon Without.*
In the year 1597 (39th Eliz.) Sir James again sat in Parliament as Member for
the Horongh of Hindon. In July 159S he was acting as one of the assistants at the
funeral of Sir Henry Knyvett, of Charlton, Wilts, as appears by the funeral certificate
of thiit Knight, to which he was a witness. t
In 1604 Sir James obtained a grant for life of the Mastership of Swans in the
Thames, together with the Bailliwick of Whittlesay Mere, and kee[)ing of the swans there
and in the counties of Huntingdon, Cambridge, Lincoln, and Northampton. J
After the death of his
first wife, Sir James married DEBORA, daughter of James
PILKINGTON,§ Bishop of Durham, and widow of
Walter Dunche, of Little Wytnam, in the county of Berks. j|
By this lady he had no issue, and apparently she died
before him, as no mention is made of her in his will.
In the meantime the family estates had considerably
increased. To the ])roperty of Fountel and Compton
Basset had been added a considerable portion of the parish
of Tisbury, including the Manor of East Hacche ; and at
the time of his death Sir James Mervyn's landed property
must have been \cry considerable, both in extent and value.
There is, probably, no feeling more strongly im-
planted in the mind of a man who finds himself the
representative of an old family and in the possession of
an ancestral estate, than the desire that his name
• fAin^d. Mss. 78, No. (yj^ Bur^hley Papers; printed in Nicholb' ''S- Coi/ictiift£a Topographiai et
OefurJo^ua" 7vl. riii., p. 207.
t J/r. Coil. Ar-n. *'/. it" fo. 24. { Slate Papers, Dom. Jas. /., vol. vi.
§ In ihe Ms. Collections of John Charles Brooke, Somerset Herald, preserved in the College of
Arms {^""I.C.B., Yorkshire^^ vol. 1., /. 282), there are some particulars of the Pilkington family, from which
it appears that the Bishop, who was one of the six divines a}>j)ointed for correcting the Book of Common
Prayer, was of the family of Pilkingicn, of Pilkington, co. Lancaster. He was appointed Bishop of
Durham by Queen Elizabeth, 1560, and continued in that See until his death on 23rd January, 1575-6.
In Surteer.' Ilistoty of Durham (fo. ed, 1 81 6, vol. /., /. Ixxij. et seq. ) there is a liistory of the Bishop and a pedigree
of his family, from which it ap]>ears that he was the son of Richard Pilkington, of Rivington, in the coimty
of Lancaster, and married Alice, daughter of Sir John Kingsmill, of the county of Hants. In a codicil to
his will, dated 21 Jan. 1575. the Bisliop states tliat his daughter Debora is about, to be married to Sir Thomas
Gargrave. The pedigree by Surtees gives him two daughters, Debora (bapt. at Auckland, 8 Oct.,
1564), who is there stated to have married Sir James Harrington, Knight, and Ruth, wife lo Duntze, of the
county of Berks. This error is followed by Baines in his History of Lancashire (1836, vol. Hi., p. 105).
Acconling to Fuller, the two daughters, then children, were conveyed away in beggar's clothing at the
breaking out of the Northern Rebellion, to prevent the Papists killing them. "These," adds Fuller,
"afterwards were married with ;f 4,000 a-piece ; the one to S' James Harrington, the other to Mr. Dunce
(Dunche), of Berkshire ; which portions the courtiers of that age did behold with envious eyes, for wliich the
Bishopric sped no whit the better."
jl See Funeral Certificate of William Dunche, who died nth May, 1597, printed in KichoU*
" Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica," ed. 1836, vol. Hi., p. 293. See also Ashmole's '■* Atitiquirit's of _
Berkshire," vol. /'., //. 58 et seq., for notices of the monumental inscriptions of the family of Dunclie,
of Oke, in Little Wittenham Church, co. Berks.
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and estate should be perpetuated ; and especially does this passion rule, in cases where no
male offspring exists to carry on, in the usual course of nature, the family descent. Sir James
Mervyn possessed this feeling in its utmost intensity. His only child was a daughter, who
had married into a noble house in whose name her's would be merged. The estates would,
if given to her, devolve indeed upon those descended from him in blood, but the name, of
which he was proud, would be lost. There would no longer be a " Mervyn of Fountel-
GiFFARD." To avert this almost certain contingency, every step was taken which could have
been adopted. One of his name and near kindred (the son of Edmund Merv)m, his second
cousin) was selected by Sir James as his " adopted son," and a marriage arranged
between him and Sir James's grandchild, one of the daughters of his only child, Lucy,
and to them a son was born in his lifetime, so that, when he died, his darling object
appeared certain of accompHshment. He had lived to see a great-grandson on whom
his estates would descend, and one bearing his own name and of his blood would again
hold the broad acres of Foimtel. But even yet there seemed in his mind a lingering
doubt, a forecasting, as it were, of the future, for apparently not satisfied that the terms
of the settlement which he had made on the marriage of Henry Mervyn with Christian
Audley were sufficiently stringent, he called in aid all the legal acumen he could com-
mand in making his Will, in which he not only expressed in emphatic terms the object
he had in view, but introduced provision upon provision which seemed to exhaust all
possible contingencies, and provide for every adverse mischance. Humanly speaking,
Sir James Merv)Ti had " tied up " his Manors, his lands, and his " chiefe house of
** Fountel," and his household gods with them, so that they should remain " in the
name and blood of Mervyn." However, " L'homme propose, mais Dieu dispose."
Scarcely twenty years passed, before his house was the home of a stranger; its hearth
knew a Mervyn no more ; and at this day, no memorials remain of the family, not even
the "comelie and decent tombe" which he directed his executors to erect over his
father and mother. The house they inhabited, the " chiefe house," in which Sir James
took such pride, has long since been levelled to the ground; and in its stead, three
stately, but short lived piles, have succeeded each other. Even the ordinary parish
records are wanting.
How it came to pass that the property was disposed of as it was, does not very
clearly appear, inasmuch as the precise terms of the settlement made by Sir James
on his granddaughter's marriage are not known ; generally it is to be gathered from
the will that the estates were settled in remainder, after his decease, upon Henry
Mervyn and his heirs male. The terms of the settlement were evidently not restrictive
enough to prevent Sir Henry selling Fountel, which he did in 1620,* to his wife's brother,
Mervyn Lord Audley and Earl of Castlehaven, on whose attainder in 1631 it was granted
by the Crown to Sir Francis Cottington, Bart., created Lord Cottington, in whose family
it remained unril sold to Mr. Alderman Beckford, whose son wasted fortunes in raising a
magnificent fabric, of which, like its predecessor, the " chiefe house " of the Mervyns, not
a vestige now remains.
* It has been previously mentioned that amongst the Ms. collections of the late G. F. Beltz, Lancaster
Herald, preserved in the College of Arms. {A. xviii. y. P. 18J, there are some Abstracts of Deeds
which, in 1 798, he made on examining them at Fonthill. The following is a transcript of one of those
abstracts :—
" I July, 18 James, 1620. Indenture beti^'een Sir Henry Mervin, of Founthill, county Wilts,
" Knight ; Sir Thomas Thynne, of Longleate, county Wilts, Knight ; Sir Richard Norton, of
" Rotherfield, co. Southampton, Knight ; and Hugh Hill (*S/> yanus Mervyfis Nephew)^ of Splott,
" near Taunton, county Somerset, Esquire, first part ; and the Right Honorable Mervyn, Lord
" Audeley, Earl of Castlehaven, and the Right Honorable Elizabeth, Lady Audeley,
" Countess of Castlehaven, wife of the said Earl, of the other part: Sir Henry Mervin, for con-
** sideration of certain sums, hath granted to said Earl and Countess, and their heirs, executors, and
*' administrators, the Lordship and Manors of Fountell, which late were the messuage, lands, and
" hereditaments of Sir James Mervin, Knight, deceased."
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But I am somewhat anticipating events; Sir James' will,* bearing date the
I St April, 1610, was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on the 21st
November, 161 1, by the five executors therein named, viz.: Sir Mervin Audley
(testator's grandson) ; Sir Thomas Thynne (husband of Mary Audley, one of testator's
granddaughters, and grandfather of .Mr. Thomas Thynne who in 1682 was assassinated
by the agents of Count Koningsmark) ; William Gibbes, of Parrat, Esquire ; Henry
Merv>Ti (testator's adopted son) ; and Hugh Hill (nephew to Sir James, being the son of
his sister Eleanor, who married Robert Hill, of Yarde, near Taunton, in the Coimty of
Somerset).t By his will the testator directed that he should be buried in his Church of
Fountel, in the tomb with his late wife Amye, then deceased, and he ordered his execu-
tors to erect a monument to the memory of his father and mother, who were buried in
the Chancel of the said Church. Whether or not Sir James' requests were attended to,
is not known, as Mr. Alderman Beckford, when he subsequently became possessor by
purchase of the Fonthill Estate, pulled down the old Church, and destroyed, or, as some
allege, buried % the monuments which it contained !
Sir James Mervyn died ist May, 161 1, his only child Lucy having died in his
lifetime, as appears by the Inquisition taken on his death. §
LUCY, or LUCIA MERVYN, daughter of Sir James Mervyn and Amye
Clarke, was the wife of George Lord AUDLEY of Heleigh. Lord Audley, who
was bom in 1551, was some time Governor of
Utrecht in the Netherlands. He resided principally
in Ireland, and was wounded at the Battle of Kinsale
in December, 1601. (Co/. Carew Mss. 1601, /. 184.)
"t"!" >X/A//PmimMH ^^ 1604, in consideration of his good services to
t/\± /A/K ^mS mW ** ^^^ ^^^^ Queen" in Ireland, a grant was made to
/Ja^ /Tv/n ^^Q^ atHi ^^"^ ^^ Crown lands of the clear yearly rental of one
J^t\ mi\ "JSc^ u3P hundred pounds sterling current money of England.
K* * ♦^WA\llJi?»^♦''»P^* ( Cal State Papers " Ireland " 1 603-6, //. 258-9.) He
was created Earl of Castlehaven, in the peerage
of Ireland, in 161 7, in which year he died, aged 66
years. ||
Lady Audley's mother. Amy Lady Mervyn, was,
as I have mentioned, a widow when she married Sir
James. By her first husband it would seem that
she was mother of a daughter Elizabeth, who married
Anthony Bourne, and by him had two daughters,
Mary Bourne and Amy Boume,ir the latter of whom eventually married Fulke
• See Appendix /. page ix.
t Ms. Coll. Arm. " 2 C. 22,"/- 285, Visit. Somerset, 1623.
i hoards Hist. Wilts, vol. 4. " Dumvorth Hundred,'' p. 22.
1857,/.
Inq.p.m. 27 Juru, 13 Jas. J. (it\(})^ and tart. No. 130, APPENDIX I., p. iv.
Collin^ Peerage, eid. Brydges, l8l2, vjl. 0, /. 554. Nicola^ Historical Peerage, ed. CourtJwpe,
T Mary Bourne married Sir Herbert Cioft, Knt. The following entries relating to this lady are
from the Parish Registers of Sarsden : —
" Anno 1575. Quarto die D'bris, anno predicto, Maria Bourne baptizata."
"Anno 1 591. Vicesimo quinto Maij Anno 1591. Herbertus Croft Mariam Bourne duxit, in facie
'* ecclesiae : his testibus, Anthonio Bourne et Elizabetlia uxore ejus, Sybilla Bushmede (or Burghende),
" Elizabetha Parrye, Ezechiale Weston, et Gulielmo Bearde."
Herbert Croft (Mary Bourne's husband) was bom about 1571, and was knighted at Theobalds on
7 May, 1603. He was the eldest son of Edward Croft, by Ann, dau. and heiress of Thomas Browne, of
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Conway,* the second son of Sir John Conway, Kn'- (by Eleanor, daughter of Sir Fulke
Greville, Kn*- ), and brother of Edward Lord Conway, t
Anthony Bourne f was the son of Sir John Bourne of Battenhall, in the county
of Worcester, Knight, one of the principal secretaries of Queen Mary. He appears
to have been an extravagant worthless man, who deserted his wife and children and went
with a paramour to live abroad. Apparently Sir John Conway was a friend of the Bourne
family, and interfered very actively to settle the spendthrift's pecuniary affairs. There are
amongst the State Papers, Dom. Series Eliz. (1582 to 1590), a great number of documents
relating to the transactions between Sir Joljn, and Anthony Bourne and his family. Our
interest in them is, however, limited to some letters which passed between Lucy Lady
Audley and her half-sister Elizabeth Bourne, which show the existence of much affection
between them, and are interesting specimens of domestic letters of the period. They are
three in number, commencing with one from Lucy Lady Audley, which shows her
character in a pleasing light ; it is dated 13th August 1584, from Kountel, where she was
then living, and is as follows : —
" Nature (my good syster) shulde be greatlie weakened of her wonted fforces yf I
" shulde not by full convenient meanes, desire to knowe of yo' well doynge, and good
" contentment ; and ffor that all occasions of assurance are taken awaie by yo' straunge
*' aboades ; Thees are to desire yo" in regarde of my satisfaccon, and other more of
'* yo*" well lovinge ffrendes, to returne me some ffew lynes to wyttnesse vnto vs what state
" yo" nowe remaine in, and what course of liffe yo" haue resolued one; yf to abandon
" yo^sclf ffrom yo'^ well wishinge ffrendes, then greeved shall wee be, to fforsee howe
'* straungers, that loves and lyves w*** spoille, will in the ende reiect yo"- Yet thus muche,
** sweete syster, I am to lett yo» vnde'^stande, that my home shall euer be to yo" as
*' yo*^ owne, and if yo** wolde but putte one the mynde sure to make triall of me and yt, I
" doubte not then but bothe wolde answere yo"^ expectacon. And w'** all yo° shall doe me
" a greate curtesie ; whoe am ffayne, for wante of a househoulde companion, to goe the
*' oftner abrode ; w<* is the onlic impairinge of my good housewifferie. Thus wishinge in
" yo" all good effectes, 1 endc, unsatisficde till I see yo". Fountell this xxviii*** of
" Auguste, 1584.
" Yo"^ assured ffrend
'* and lovinge Syster,
" To mv very lovinge Svster *' LUCYA AUDELEY.§
*' Mrs. BOURNE, geve thees."
Atilborough, co. Norfolk ; and grandson of Sir James Croft, Privy Councillor and Comptroller of the
Household of (^ueen Elizabeth, by Alice daughter and eventually co-heiress of Richard Wamecombe, of
Ivinjton, in Herefordshire. Sir Herbert Croft (who became a monk, and died at Douay in 1 622), by his
wife Mary Bourne, had issue four sons, viz. : — ^Sir William Croft, Knt., who was bom in 1593, ^'^^ ^'^s
Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Charles I.; Sir James Croft, Knt.; Herbert Croft, Bishop of Here-
ford ; and Robert Croft, of Yarpole, county Hereford. Bishop Croft's ^on was created a Baronet in 1671.
(See the Retrospective Revi<r,u ; Ln?td. 1827, Second Series^ vol. i, p. 469, in which there is an interesting
account of the Croft family.) The representative of the family and title is now (1873), ^^*' Herbert George
Denman Croft, Bart.
• There does not appear to have been any issue of the marriage of Fulke Conway and Amy Bourne,
whereupon her sister Mary, who, as before shown, was the wife o? Sir Herbert Croft, became the sole
heiress of her father Anthony Bourne. Ms. Coll. Amis^ '* Vincents Warwickshire" p. 151.
t Letter, Council of State, dated from Oatlands, ii Sep., 1587, to Sir John Conway, on behalf of
Mrs. Elizabeth Bourne, who had complained against Lady Conway (Sir John's wife) for " wrongfully "
matching her eldest daughter to Sir John's .second son, and getting into her hands Mrs. Bourne's younger
daughter (Amy) with the purpose to marry her to Sir John's youngest son. {^State papers^ Dom. Series
Elizabeth^ vol. 203, No. 40.) It would seem that Anthony Bourne had assigned the guardianship of his
daughters to Sir John Conway, upon the understanding that his eldest daughter was to be married to
Edward Conway, Sir Jolm's eldest son. See letter, Bourne to Conway, dated i March, 1583. (^Siate
papers, Dom. Series Elizabeth^ vol. 159, No. 2.)
X Ms. Coll. Ann^^ *' C. 2P** P- 54- He is also described in the Conway pedigree, given by Vincent
in his Warwickshire {Ms. Coll. Arms, p. 51) as Anthony, son and heir of Sir John Bourne, Knt. ; and Sir
Harris Nicolas, in his notice of the Croft family {Retrospective Revinc, N'e^o Series^ vol. /., /. 493), calls him
*' Anthony Bourne, of Holt Casile, in Worcestershire.
§ State Papers, Dom. Eliz., vol. clxxii.. No. 116.
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The following would seem to be the answer to Lady Audle/s sisterly letter : —
*' To the Right Honorable her very loving sister Lucia Ladie Audley.
" My good Sister,
*' I give you a million of thanks, that you would vouchsafe to enquire after my
" well-domg. Amongst all my misfortunes, nothing had increased my grief so much
^ as the unkindness of my natural friends, of whom I have all ways deserved well, and
" find the contrary. When I was distressed, and forced and constrained by necessity to
" seek the aid of friends to resist the injuries my unkind husband offered me himself, and
'* my children, to the utter overthrow of us all, I first sought my refuge amongst those which
" by nature were most bound to have yielded me counsel and comfort, friendship, suc-
'* cour and assistance. Being refused through no ill deserts in myself, but through want
*' of good will in themselves, I was forced, my dear sister, and could not otherwise, to
" accept aid amongst strangers who had some reason to offer it, and I more to take it, I
** hope by such degrees as neither in my proceedings and government I have purchased any
*' disgrace to myself, loss to my children, or discomfort to my kin. I wish my hard fortune
^ and extremity had been harder and my relief less, so I had found my aid and comfort
" amongst you. My life wears with no secret grief, neither have I any corrosive which con-
^* tinuaUy consumes my health and quietness ; but only the wickedness of my husband, and
" of my nearest friends (that should be) in nature and alliance, which wrong me in my due
** just deserts, and yll grace themselves in their unjust speeches and actions against me and
** my reputation. If those well hoping friends which you now say foresee the harm and
'* spoil likely to grow to me in time by strangers, would accept me and mine into their
** friendly care and protection, upon my earnest suit and reasonable offer to have done
** me good, and themselves no hindrance, I should now have been free from the danger they
** fear and foresee, and I more near my comfort and safety amongst themselves. I wish
*' my fortune had been so favorable and my friends so loving. Sure the fault is not mine in
" judgment of the world. It is unlikely I should ill deserve amongst my natural kin that
" have behaved myself to gain good opinion, good grace, and friendship amongst strangers.
*• They are bound to yield me nothing of right, I can challenge nothing but by desert, and
'* I find nothing amiss (I thank God) in my life and fortune ; but the lack of love in my
" husband and mine own natural friends and allies. Now, I have discovered unto you,
" sweet sister, the woe of my life. Let me tell you I live at Sarisden, where I mean to
** secrete myself and my sorrows, until God give me a better estate. To whose Divine pro-
*' vidence I commend your health and safety, desiring you to recommend my humble duties
'* to my mother, to receive my friendly commendations to yourself, and my thankful heart
** into your bosom.
'* Saresdon, November, 1584. Yo' loving sister and assured friend, though most
" unfortunate. " E. B."*
Lady Audley appears to have combined much kindness of heart with shrewd business-
like views, if we may judge of her character from the following letter to Sir John Conway
in reply to one from him written at the instance of her worthless brother-in-law, claiming
from her payment of a sum of money : —
** I vnderstand by yo' Tre (S' John Conway) as also by my broth* Bornes, that he
** is fallen to repentance of his good dedes for the mayntennce of his baill, and therefore
" wold have me to send hym the mony, W* voluntaryly he gave me, and I unwillinglie
" kepte. The w** as I denye not, but that owte of hundreds w*^ (in brotherly sorte as I
" toke it) he offryd me, I receiveyd by way of lone the smale some he nowe challengethe.
** So I assure yo" on my credit, that I offringe to render the same w*^in one weke after, he
" refusy** to take it at my hands, and gave it me frelye, not w*owte challenge of greate
" unkyndnes for the profer. And therefore can not be p'swaydyd but that this demaund is
" rather to make me the blaser of his liberallytie, then that he will iustefie on his credit
" that I owe it hym. Nev'thelesse, I acknowledge in curtesie to owe hym as fryndly a
" toume, -w^ I mean to resVe, but tyll I see hym bent to ymploy it better then nowe
" I knowe he will, by what tyme I fear he will have more neade than nowe he hathe.
"And, therefore, I pray yo'' tell hym from me, that he hath treasure in store, w**» the
• Sia/£ Paptrsy Dom, Eliz.^ vol. clxxv. No. 15. Mrs. Elizabeth Bourne would seem to have died in
1599. as I judge by the following entry in the Sarsden Register : — " Anno 1599. Augusti vicesimo - quinto.
Elizabetha Bourne, sepulta."
■ Staii Papers^ Dom. Eliz. vol. ccxxxiii.. No. 42.
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'* increase. But it is dedicatyd to so holy a use as he may not have it to profhanc vpon so
** badd in I doll as he dot'he nowe vowe all his otTrin;^'s to. And so \v»»» my frindly
" comendacons and well v.vshing to yo' self and yo' good wyf I ende.
'•Ffountehill the 13 of Auj^ust,
" To :r.y ^'cd I'frynd *' ^'o' redy ffrinde,
" S'r John Cunway, Knyj^'ht.''
Lucy Menyn Lady Aiidley had seven children, two sons and five daughters, viz. :
L Mer\tn Lord Audley and second Earl of Castlehaven, who was attainted of
felony, whereupon his title and estates (including the Fountel property) were
forfeited to the Crown. At his death in 1631, he left by his first wife
Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of Benedict Barnham, three sons and
three daughters, viz. : —
I. James, who, by Letters Patent, 3rd June, 1634, had a new creation
to the title of Baron Audley and Earl of Castlehaven, and was,
in 1678, by a special Act of Parliament, restored to the Barony
of Audley, which had been forfeited on his father's attainder, and
was the third Earl of Castlehaven. It would seem that there
was some difficulty connected with the grant of the Fountel
Estates by the Crown to Lord Cottington^ as I find that
this Lord Castlehaven, in 1633, confirmed it by a deed of
arrangement, in consideration of being allowed to retain the
Manors of Bishopstrowe in Wilts, and of Stalbridge in Dorset,
with other property in Ireland.* Lord Castlehaven distinguished
himself under the Duke of Ormond, in Ireland, and, in 1649,
was chosen General of the Irish forces against Cromwell. He
subsequently, on the reduction of the Kingdom by the Parlia-
mentary Army, went to France, where he remained until the
restoration of Charles II. He died at Kilcash, in Ireland, nth
October, 1684, s.p., and was succeeded by his brother Mervyn-f
II. George, who, being a Benedictine monk, was passed over in the
Act of Restoration of 1678.
III. Mervyn, who, on his brother's death, succeeded as 21st Baron
Audley, and 4th Earl of Castlehaven, died in 1686.J
1. Lucy, married yfrj/ to John Anketell, of Compton, co. Wilts, and
of Newmarket, co. Cork; secondly ^ to Gerald Fitzalaurice,
brother of Lord Kerry.
2. Dorothy, the wife of Edmund Butler, Viscount Mountgarret.
3. Frances, married Richard Butler, brother of James, Duke of
Ormond.
II. Sir Ferdinando Touchet, who was made Knight of the Bath at the
creation of Henry, Prince of Wales §, and is mentioned in his grandfather's
• I founds Ilist. of Wilts, vol. iv.^ Dttmvorth Ilimdnd, p. 134.
t C^liti^ Pdcra^.% by Sir E^qerton Brydges, ed. l8l2., vol. vi., p. 555.
X The Earldom of Car,ilehaven became extinct on the death, in 1 777, of John, sixth Earl, and the
P. ir.my of Au'lley is now (1873) dormant between the two daughlei-s and co-heiresses of George Baron
i\\\ lli'y, wli.) dic<i i8ih April, 1872.
§ Cell If is' Pecriyqc, ed. Brydgis, vol. vi.^ p. 554.
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(Sir James Mervyn) will. He was a staunch Roman Catholic, and a
** suspected" person. From a letter written by Sir Edward Dering,* Lieu-
tenant-Governor of Dover Castle, to Secretary Dorchester, 17 Pebruary,
1630, it appears that Sir Ferdinando had landed at Dover, and attempted
to pass into England disguised as a servant, in order to avoid taking
the oath of allegiance; he was, in consequence, arrested and imprisoned
in the Fleet Prison, from which place he presented a petition to the Privy
Council praying that he might be set at liberty, and the prayer of his petition
was granted. He married the widow of Sir John Rodney, of Pilton, in the
county of Somerset, Knight.
1. Anne, the eldest daughter of the Earl of Castlehaven and Lucy Mervyn,
married Edward Blount, of Harleston, county Derby.
2. Elizabeth, married, firsts Sir John Stawell, of Stawel, co. Somerset, Knt.
Secondly, Sir Thomas Griffin, of Dingley, co. Northampton, Knt.f
3. Mary, the third daughter, was the first wife of Sir Thomas Tuvnne,J of
Longleat, co. Wilts.
4. Christian, who married SIR HENRY MERVYN, of Petersfield county
Southampton, Knt. See the Burfort ftftfteu Urauci)*
5. Eleanor, who first married Sir John Davies,§ Knight, the King's
Attorney-General in Ireland, and secondly Sir Archibald Douglas, Knight.
By her first husband she had a daughter, Lucy Davies, who married
Ferdinando, sixth Earl of Huntingdon.
• State Papers, Dom. Series, Ch. I.
t The grandson of this marriage, Sir Edward Griffin, was created, in 1688, Baron Griffin, of Braybroke
Castle, CO. Northampton, which title became extinct on the death without issue of Edward, third Baron, in
1742. {^Edmondsori s Baronagium Genealogiatni, vol. vi., p. 48.)
X There were three sons issue of this marriat^c, two of whom died s. p.; the third, Sir Thomas
Thynne, was the father of Thomas Tliynne, of Longleat (who was murdered at the instance of Cf)unt
Konigsmark), and of two daughters; Stuart, who married Sir Edward Baynton of Bromham, Baynlon, co.
Wilts, K.B. ; and Elizabeth, the wife of John Hall, of Bradfonl, co. Wilts.
§ The family of Davys or Davies were settled at Chicksgrove, in Tisbury (a parish adjoining
Foxmtel-Giflfard), co. Wilts, tetfip. Edw. VI. Sir John Davies was a distinguished member of the family.
He was bom 1569, and died 1626, having been Attorney-General for Ireland from 1603 to l6i6. (See
Chalmer^ Biog. Did.) There was a subsequent connection between the Mervyn and Davies families.
Matthew Davies, of Shaftesbury and of the Sliddle Temple, and M.P. for Whitchurch (Sir John Davies*
nephew), having married Anne (daughter of Edmund^ Mervyn, who died in 1657, and was buried in
Tisbury church.
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DURFORD-ABBEY BRANCH.
Page 25, line 20. After " Reader in " insert " the," and after " Autumn " insert " of."
Page 32, line 34. " £3*^0^ " should be " jCSyS^o,"
Page 32, line 39. After " the French ships which were " delete " engaged " and substitute
" employed."
Page 35, line 9. After *' did not" delete " return " and substitute " reach."
„ line 19. The words " durst hazard " should be " dursn^V (durst not).
DALLAWAY, in his History of the Western Division of the County of Sussex (^ Lond.
181 J. vol. I pp, 212, 21 j) states that the Abbey of Durford was founded in 11 60 by
Henry Hosatius, or de Hors^, for Monks of the order of Prsemonstratensians, or Canons
of St. Augustine, and that tiieir endowment was valued at the suppression (when the
Abbey was surrendered by John Simpson, the Abbot), at j£gS 4s. ^d. [Zhigdale] or
;^io8 1 3 J. 9^. [Speed] and in 1538 the site, &c., was included in grants made to Wilham,
Earl of Southampton. Upon the death of Lord Southampton the Crown resumed, and
re-granted the demesnes of the Abbey to Sir Edmund Mervyn, in capite; and, the Sussex
Historian adds, "from his descendants it passed to the Bettesworth family." It has
been before shewn* that Henry Mervyn, the great-grandson of Sir Edmund, sold the
estate (possibly to his brother-in-law Peter Bettesworth, who had married his sister
Elizabeth Merv)m) and invested the purchase-money in property connected with the
Fountel estate. Mr. Dallaway states that at the date of his History (18 15) little could
be traced of the original buildings of the Abbey, all of which had been applied to the
purposes of a large farm ; but he adds that the house was still capacious and that the
pointed windows had been walled up when it became the residence of Sir Edmund.
SIR EDMUND MERVYN, Knt , second son of Walter Mervyn of Fountel
Giffard, by Elizabeth Mompesson, and grantee from the Crown of Durford Abbey,
was brought up to the Bar, and according to Mr. Foss,t received his legal education
in the Middle Temple, where he was elected Reader in Autumn, 1523, and again in Lent,
1530, and was raised to the degree of the Coif in the Michaelmas Term of the following
year. Henry VIII., on February xi, 1539, made him one of his Serjeants, and on
November 23, 1540, constituted him a Judge of the King's Bench. J By some letters
addressed to him by the Council, he seems to have been then resident in the neighbour-
hood of Racton, in Sussex. § Little (adds Mr. Foss) is told of him by the reporters,
either as an Advocate or a Judge ; but he was continued in his seat on the accession of
Edward VI. ; and is frequently named in that reign in the criminal proceedings which have
Will of Sir Janus Mervyn^ Appendix L, p. ix.
" The Judges of England*' by Edward Foss, Lond.: Murray^ 1864.
^ DugdaUs Orig. 216, Chron, Ser. Sir Edmund was knighted at the Parliament 33
Hen. vTii. Cott. Ms. Claud, C. ill. fo, 134^
§ Acts Privy Council, vii. 175, 179.
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been preserved in the Baga de Secretis. Dugdale does not introduce him as a Judge
under Queen Mary, but it is evident that she continued him in his place, as he is one of
the Special Commissioners named upon the trial of Sir Andrew Dudley and others for
High Treason, on August i8, 1553.*
It may be inferred, therefore, (continues Mr. Foss), that he was in no way con-
cerned in the attempt to change the succession of the Crown. His name was not
attached either to King Edward's will, or to the other instrument which Northumberland
required the Councillors to subscribe. It is possible, however, as Sir James Hales is
always noticed as the only Judge who refused to affix his signature, that Mervyn was at
the time prevented by illness from attending ; for though named in the Commission of
August 1 8,. it does not follow that he was present at the trial, and he is certainly never
mentioned after that date.
Sir Edmund married twice, his first wife being, as appears by the Visitation of
Sussex taken in iS3ot (Ms. Coll. Arm. "Z>. 13''), ELEANOR, daughter of Thomas
WELLES, by whom he had issue five sons and three daughters.
I. William Mervyn, named in the Visitation, is also mentioned in his father's
will, at the date of which (1550) he was married and had issue, as the
testator directs his then wife, Elizabeth, to make a new lease to his " son
William Mer\in and his son, of the house in which he now dwelleth."
In Vincent's Pedigree,J William Mervyn is made the fourth son.
II. Edmund Mervyn, also named in the Visitation of 1530. He was appointed
one of his father's executors, and is in the will called " Parson of Bramshot"
Vincent places him in the Pedigree as eldest son.
HI. Edward Mervyn, named in, and living at the date of, the Visitation of 1530;
but not mentioned in Vincent's Pedigree, nor in his father's will. He
is probably the Edward Marvyn who is stated by Willis (Notitia Parlia-
mmtaria) to have sat in Parliament as Member for Petersfield, co. South-
ampton in the fifth Parliament of Elizabeth (1586-8.)
IV. Francis Mervyn, was living at the date of the Visitation before referred
to, and he is inserted by Vincent as the second son. No mention of
him is made in his father's will.
V. Nicholas Mervyn, appears in the Visitation of 1530, and is also named by
Vincent, who places him as third son. Sir Edmund's will is silent as to any
son of this name.
1. Elizabeth Mervyn, living at the date of the Visitation of 1530. Vincent
gives Sir Edmund Mervyn two daughters of this Christian name — one by
each wife ; and the daughter of Elizabeth Pakenham, he states, was married
to John Rous, of Devonshire. The latter statement, however is incorrect,
as Sir Edmund in his will mentions his daughter " Eleanor " as being the
wife of Rous.
2. Eleanor Mervyn, named in the Visitation of 1530, appears by her father's
will (at the date of which, 1550, she was living) to have married Richard
Rous, of Rogate, co. Sussex, second son of Roger Rous, of Modbury, Devon,
whom Sir Edmund by his will appointed an executor ; an appointment
which, however, he revoked by a codicil. This marriage and its issue are
recorded in the original Visitation of Sussex, in 1570, Ms. Coll. Arm.,
" G. 18," p. 73^ (See also Westcote's Devon, p. 581.)
3. Agnes Mervyn, named by Vincent, and mentioned in, and living at the date
of, the Sussex Visitation of 1530; but not referred to by name in her
father's will.
Sir Edmund's second wife, who survived him and is named in his will, was
• 4 Report Pub. Rec, App. iL, 218—235.
t See Appendix IL, p. iv. J Ms. Coll. Arm. : « Vincent's Coll, Sussex, 121," p. 393.
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ELIZABETH, third daughter and co-heiress of Sir Edmund PAKENHAM, Knight * by
whom, according to Vincent, he had three children — two sons and one daughter,}
The Visitation of 1530 only records the two sons, viz*. : —
I. Henry Mervyn, who appears to have succeeded his father at Durford
and of whom hereafter.
II. Geffery Mervyn, living at the date of the Visitation of 1530, but no
mention is made of him in his father's will.
The will§ of Sir Edmund is dated 24th July 1550, and he thereby desires to be
buried in the south aisle of Bramshot church (in the county of Southampton) where
" Sir Edmimd Pakenham, Knight, and my Lady late his wife lye."||
The testator mentions his wife Elizabeth, his daughter Edith, wife of his son Henry,
to which son he gives " all the plate that I had with the marriage of his wife, that was
Sir Anthony Windsor's." He also gives to his son Henry his *' Wiltshire gelding." The
will names testator's daughter Elenor Rous ; his cousin, Nicholas Tichbome ; his cousin,
Mary Burleigh, to whom he gives a legacy of 20 marks " for her marriage" ; his cousin,
Sir John Mervyn, Knight, whom he appoints supervisor of his will, with a direction that
he is to take testator's books of law, for his " cousin James Mervin, in recompence of
such reckoning as be between him and me." Sir Edmund also mentions his son William
Mervyn, and his son. The will appoints testator's " cousin, William Mervyn," " Edmund
Mervyn, Parson of Bramshot," and Richard Rous, executors ; but, by a codicil, after
reciting that he had appointed his " nephew William Mervyn," and his (testator's) son
Edmund, executors, revokes the appointment, and names his " nephew, John Mervyn,"
his " nephew, William Mervyn," and his son, Edmund, executors; adding, "my said
son Rowse not to be one, because not of blood unto me, and of myne own name.'*
* A fiill pedigree of the Pakenham family will be found in the College of Arms Mss. " Viricenfs
Baronage, 20."
t These shields are facsimiles of drawings illustrating the Pakenham pedigree in " Vincenf s Baronagc^^
in the College of Anns, and represent three of the four coats which Lady Mervyn was entitled to quarter
with her paternal arms. The first is Creke (Sable, a hand ppr. in a maunche arg. and or grasping a fleur
de lis of the last) impaling Glanville f'-^^r^. a chief indented az. ) The second, the coat of Blundus
(Lozengv or and sa. )
f Vincent mentions a daughter, Elizabeth Mervyn : who, he states, married John Rous, of
Devonshire, but of whom tliere is no mention in the Visitation of 1530. Vincent has evidently mistaken her
for Eleanor, the daughter of Sir Edmund's first marriage, who was the wife of Richard Rous. Dallaway
{I^ist. Si/ssex, vol. /.,/. 212), on the authority of Vincent, gives a daughter Elizabeth, sister to Sir Henry,
married to Peter Bettesworth, of Fyning, Rogate ; but this is also a mistake for Elizabeth, the daughter
of Edmund Mervyn, of Petersfield, hereinafter mentioned.
§ See Appendix II., p. ii.
II On application to the Rector of Bramshot, for information as to the existence of any monu-
mental memorial, the Reverend Mr. Bellas replied that there was not anything in the church or register
book (which conunenced in 1 560) likely to lead to the discovery of the burial of any members either of the
Mervyn or Pakenham fiunily.
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Sir Edmund's will was proved in London on the i6th November, 1553. On his
death he appears to have been succeeded at Durford by
HENRY MERVYN, his elder son, by his second marriage with Elizabeth
:rvyn married EDITH, daughter of Sir Anthony WINDSOR,
Knight, (the brother of Andrew Lord Windsor, of Stan-
well,)* by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Henry Lovell, of
Harting, co. Sussex, Kn*- The only recorded issuef of the
marriage of Henry Mervyn and Edith Windsor was a son,
Edmund Mervyn, who died in his father's lifetime, and of
whom hereafter.
Henry Mervyn married secondly Jane, daughter of . . .
whom he appointed sole executrix of his will, dated 6
March, 1609, and proved in London 20 May, 161 4. {Ste
Appendix II., p. iii.).
EDMUND MERVYN, son of Henry Mervyn and Edith Windsor, was of
Durford Abbey, and subsequently of Petersfield, co. Hants. He is mentioned in the
will of Sir James Mervyn, of Fountel-Giffard, as his
" cozin Edmund Mervyn," then deceased. By the inquisition
taken after his death it was found that he held the site
of the late monastery of Durford, with the demesne lands
of Durford, in Hartinge and Rogate, and other property
in Petersfield, (Se^ Inq. p.m. 2 J^as. I, (1604-5), P<irt\2y
No, 187, and 12 yas, /., Part 2, No. 175J)
He married ANNA, daughter of William JEPHSON, of
Froyle, in the co. of Southampton (by Mary, the daughter of
John Dannett, of Dannett's Hall, in com. Lancaster, and
widow of Thomas Wotton, of the co. of Kent), and grandson
of William Jephson, to whom Henry VIII. granted the
Manor of Froyle ; and which Anna Mervyn was the sister of
Sir John Jephson, of Froyle, who, for his first wife, married
Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Thomas Norris, son of Henry Baron Norris> of Rycote.
( Visit. Hants 1622-1634, Ms. Coll. Arm., " C. 19/'/- 82.J
By his will, J dated 8 Sept., 1604 (proved 20 Feb., 1605) Edmund Mervyn devised
all his estates in Sussex and Hants to his wife Anna for life, to enable her to bring up his
children then unmarried, and to pay them 400 marks as marriage portions, and he de\ised
all his said estates to his " son and heir," Henry Mervin, after the death of his wife.
She survived him, and made her will,§ dated 31 May, 1625, and proved in July, 1628.
* See Ms. Coll. Arm.: '' Philipotes MiUlett;' /. 174^. where there is a full Pedigree of the
Windsor family.
t There would, however, appear to have been other issue of this marriage, as in the Parochial
Registers of Rotate, co. Sussex, appear the followinj^ entries : —
Baptisms. 1562, May, Jane, dauixhter of Ilenry Mervyn, Esquire.
1563, November lo, Henry, sonne of Henry Mervyn, Esquire.
1565, April 19, John, sonne of Henry Mervin, Esquire.
1567, Noveml)er 23, Catherine, daughter of Henry Mervin, Esquire.
Burials. 1563, November 27, George, son of Henry Mervyn, Esquire.
1565, April 19, John, sonne of Henry Marvyn, Esquire.
1570, January 9, Jane Mer\'in.
1570, January 1 5, Catherine Mer\'in.
Ex. nle. Re7'd. J. S. Barrmu, of Rogate, 3 Oct. 1872.
X See Appendix II., p. ii. § See Appendix II., p. iii.
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The issue of the marriage of Edmund Mervjrn (who died 9 Sept, 1604) ^d
Anna Jephson were : —
1. Sir Henry Mervyn, baptized at Rogate, 26th December, 1583, and of
whom hereafter.
11. William Mervyn, baptized at Rogate, 16 Feb.; buried there 9th March, 1586.
III. Edmond Mervyn, baptized at Rogate 15 Nov.; buried there 20 Dec, 1593.
IV. Francis Mervyn, baptized at Rogate 23 May, 1599, and buried the same day.
V. Edmund Mervyn. According to the pedigree preserved in Ulster's Office,
Dublin, amongst the Mss. of the late Sir William Betham, there was a
second son of this name who is described as of Fonthill and Dublin,
and buried in St John's Church, Dublin. (See his Funeral Certificate,
Appendix II. p. iv.) Betham states that his wiD was dated 11 August,
1634, and he died the 14th of the same month. He married Mary,
the daughter and heir of Sir Alexander Clifford*, of London, Kn*** and
had issue two children : —
I. Clifford Mervyn.
I . Frances Mervyn, who is stated in her father's funeral certificate to
have been then living in London.
VI. Philip MERv\'N.t
VII. Richard MERVYN.t
I . Blanche Mervyn (mentioned in her mother's will, 1625), was the second wife of
John Evatt, Dean of Elphin in Ireland. He died in 1634. There was
issue of the marriage three sons and two daughters, all unmarried at their
father's deathj.
2. Elizabeth Mervyn, baptized at Rogate 2 April, 1582, and mentioned in her
mother's will as the wife of Peter Bettesworth, to whom she was married
at Rogate 29 July, 1600.
3. Anne Mervyn, baptized at Rogate 17 Oct. is85,§
4. Dorothy Mervyn, baptized at Rogate 19 March, 1594; buried there 14
Feb. 1598.
5. Catherine Mervyn, baptized at Rogate 7 Sept. 1600.
SIR HENRY MERVYN, son and heir of Edmund Mervyn and Anna
Jephson, bom in 1583, was, as we have seen, J the cousin and "adopted son" of Sir
James Mervyn, of Fountel-GifTard, to whose principal estates,
including Fountel, he succeeded, by virtue of a settlement made
on his marriage with Sir James' grandchild, CHRISTIANA, one of the
daughters of George, Baron AUDLEY and Earl of Castlehaven, by
Lucy Mervyn. In 16 14, Sir Henry sat as M.P. for Wotton Bassetj^"
and in October, 16 17, he, being then of Fountel, obtained a grant from
Charles Howard, Earl of Nottingham, K.G., Lord High Admiral, of
the office of Admiral and Captain-General of the Narrow Seas, from
Seal of Sr. Henry the Thames to the Scilly Islands, which appointment ^'as, eight months
Mervyn impressed on afterwards, coufiuned by Letters Patent under the Great Seal.** For
Ltetter from mm to tne ,. ^.^^.-r-r /-«!• ^ ^ t. i^
Admiralty Commis- this officc, Sir Hcurv, foUowmg what appears to have been the very
sioners,i3Noy. x636.» general practice of 'that period, paid upwards of >£"3,ooo.tt The
* Sir Alexander Clifford's will is dated 18 May, 1621, and proved by his relict, Dame Jane Clifford,
1621-2. He refers to his daughter Mary and her husband Edmund Mervyn, and gives directions to be
buried in Bobbing Church, co. Kent. (P.C.C. Rcgr. 4 Saznle.) f Betham's pedigree.
X See his Funeral Certificate in Betham's Irish Funeral Certificates preserved in the College of Anns,
London, voL vi, p. 187. See Appendix II., p. iv.
§ Possibly this Anne Mervyn was the wife of Sir Richard Aldworth, of Newmarket, co. Cork,
Kn* and Provost Marshall of the Province of Munster, who died at Dublin 21 June, 1629. His Fun. Cert,
states that he '* had to wife Anne Mervyn," and had no issue. See Betham's Fun. £nt. preserved in Coll.
Arm., London, vol. iv. No. 145.
I See ante, p. 18. i" IV Hits ** Notitia Parliarmtttaria**
♦* State Papers, Dom, Jos. i., vol. xli, ft •S'/a/^ Papers, Dam, Ch, I., vol, vi. JJ See p. 35.
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emoluments of the office were a fee of twenty shillings a day, and wages for sixteen
men at ten shillings a month, "without check or muster." The investment does
not appear to have been a particularly good one, if we are to understand that the
emoluments were limited to his pay, which, as will be hereafter -seen, was by no means^
regularly met ; but there is no doubt that the indirect gains attaching to the position he
held, from prize money and other sources, were considerable ; for later on, we find him
writing that if the East India Company desire a convoy from Sicily, where one of their
vessels had put in, he begs that he " may be thought of," and again, in recommending one
John Fortescue, for a vacant gunner's place on board one of the ships of his fleet, he
thinks it necessary to accompany his recommendation by a very pointed assertion, " I vow
to you that my recommendation has no price," as though the rule which then prevailed
were the converse of that which he had adopted in the particular instance. I fear the
adage ** Qtn iexaise^ s'acaise" was applicable.
At the time when Sir Henry Mervyn obtained his office, James I. was paying con-
siderable attention to the increase of the Navy of England, which, in Elizabeth's time,
consisted of thirty-three ships, besides pinnaces, to which the King, between 1618 and
1623, added nine or ten new ships. Some authorities have gone so far as to assert that
the English naval power at that time was little inferior to the Dutch, who, however, pos-
sessed a very much larger quantity of shipping, although probably of inferior burthen to
that belonging to the English. '
The first record I find of Sir Henry Mervyn's exploits at sea is in 1622, when he
took a Dutch East Indiaman (said to be worth a hundred thousand pounds). His
excuse for this act of hostility against a friendly power, was the fact that the Dutch-
man did not, upon being challenged, ** strike sail." Upon the request, however, of
the States Ambassador, the prize was restored ; so that the capture at all events did not
prove profitable to the Admiral, who did not long remain undisturbed in the exercise of
his duties ; for, in March 1623, he got into difficulties with his Government, in consequence
of a Rochelle vessel having captured a Dunkirk ship laden with treasure from Spain, and
bound for Calais. The duty of conveying the Rochelle ship,* having on board the
celebrated Huguenot leader Benjamin Soubise, the brother of the Duke de Rohan, had
been confided to Sir Henry, against whom the accusation made, both by the French and
Spanish Ambassadors, was, that he had not only connived at the capture by Mons'. St.
Ravie, who commanded the Rochelle ship, but that he had participated in the booty.
So persistent were the demands of the two Ambassadors to the Government, that
Sir Henry and his Vice- Admiral, Sir William St. John, might be punished for the part
that they had taken in the business, that a Commission was appointed to inquire into the
alleged breach of violence towards countries with whom England was at that time in
friendly alliance. The Commission commenced its inquiries, and Sir Henry left his
command, giving out that he was going to Newmarket (where the King then was), in order
to justify himself to his Sovereign ; but the Vice- Admiral remained on board his ship.
Instead, however, of going to Newmarket, Mervyn made his way to Portsmouth ;
and as the authorities had some fear of his escaping, a special Privy Council summons
was sent to him by Secretary Sir Edward Conway,* directing him to leave his ship, the
" Garland," in charge of his officers, and proceed to London, to answer the complaints
made against him ; and a similar communication was sent to Sir William St John, who was
in command of the "Adventurer"; and on the 15th March both Admirals were in a
messenger's " care'^ Sir Henry applied for leave to make a voluntary confession to the
King, which he alleged would be much fuller than could be extorted from him by examina-
tion. He was not, however, allowed to have the audience with James which he desired,
in consequence of the renewed application by the French and Spanish representatives that
* Sir Edward Conway was the son of Sir John Conway, who is referred to in connection with
Lucy Marvin, Lady Audley, (See ^Q\\nXt\'(^ifiBXti branch, p. 20), whose grandniece, of the half-blood,
Amye Bourne, married Sir Edward's younger brother, Fulke Conway. Sir Edward was created, in 1 624,
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justice should be done on the offenders. Accordingly several preliminary steps were
adopted by the Government with a view to bring the case before the Admiralty Court ; and
in the meantime the two Admirals were committed to the Marshalsea on Privy Council
warrants. Apparently, however, the steps which the Government had taken were not
satisfactory to the French Ambassador; for we find him, in May, 1623, again applying to
Secretary Calvert, and requesting "that His Majesty may be reminded to punish Sir
" Henry Mervin and Sir William St. John." Notwithstanding the Ambassadorial urgency,
nothing was in reality done in the trial beyond preferring Articles, to which Sir Henry put
in his answer, and thereupon claimed to be released on bail. This claim was remitted by
the Judge of the Admiralty Court to the consideration of the King, on the ground that
if it was to be understood that he had been committed for punishment, the allowance
of bail depended on the King's pleasure, adding that if he was only retained for safe
custody^ then he was entitled to baiL The appeal to the King resulted in an authority
to the Admiralty Judge to discharge the prisoners on "good bail." During the two years,
1623 to 1625, Sir Henry remained suspended, if not actually removed, from his office;
but no steps were taken to bring him to trial.
In the meanwhile the position of England towards Spain had materially altered.
The Duke of Buckingham had, by the exercise of his all powerful influence over James
and the Prince of Wales, succeeded in breaking off the intended marriage of Charles and
the Infanta, and with it all friendly alliance with her country ; whilst an effort was made to
induce the French King to enter into a league with England for an avowed war against
Spain. This effort resulted in an expedition in 1625 under Captain Pennington, made
with the ostensible purpose of enabling the French King (who had at that time no naval force)
to make an attack upon the Genoese, who were the firm allies of the Spanish monarchy.
The failure of the effort made to place an English naval force at the disposal of
the French Government, arose, as is well known, firom a suspicion on the part of Captain
Pennington, and the sailors under his command, that they were in fact intended to
operate, not against the Genoese but against La Rochelle, the stronghold of the Huguenots,
whose extermination th^ French King Louis and his minister Richelieu were bent on
effecting. Whether or not the suspicion was well founded is an historic doubt, for the
solution of which a new chapter in English history has to be written.* The desire which
prevailed in March, 1623, on the part of the English Government to maintain good
relations with Spain had therefore ceased'. The representations of the Ambassadors of
that country no longer met with a subservient respect ; the influence which had obtained
the imprisonment of Sir Henr}' Mervyn had ceased, and with it any desire on the part of
the Government to prosecute the accusation which had been made against him.
Influenced, probably, by considerations arising out of the altered circumstances.
Sir Henry Mervyn, in September, 1625, petitioned the King, alleging that he had given
j^3i5oo for the office from which he had been suspended without any known cause ; and
stating that he was suffering under the want of necessary food and raiment, " accompanied
" with shame and dishonour f concluding his petition by praying that the King would not
appoint any one else in his place, without ordering the repayment of the money the
petitioner had so paid. The petition appears to have been referred to Secretary Sir John
Coke, the draft of whose report of " The true state of Sir Henry Mervyn's case " is pre-
servedt in which he states that the Admiral was charged by the French Ambassador with
having assisted the Rochellers in spoiling the French, and with having participated in the
* It would be beyond my province, here, to enter upon the consideration of the arguments whether
Charles and Buckingliam deliberately gave over the ships lor use against the Protestants ; or whether, they
were dealing double with the French Government ; but those who feel an interest in the question, will do
well to consult the version given of the expedition by Mr. John Forster, in his Life of Sir John Elliot, and the
counter view put forward by Mr. Samuel R. Gardiner, in a communication addressed by him to the
" Athenseum" newspaper of the 14 December, 1872, under the hf,ad of "The True Story of the Ships lent
by Charles I. to serve against the French Protestants."
t State Papers Bom. Ser., Chas, I, vol, viii,^ 18.
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booty ; that King James, after enquiry, had removed Sir Henry from his employment,
and directed a judicial proceeding; but that, the Lord Treasurer Middlesex not supplying
the necessary money, the business was not further prosecuted.
Apparently no relief was afforded to Sir Henry upon his petition, for we find him
again petitioning* the King, entreating that, after twenty years spent in the service of the
King and his father, " he be not suffered to perish under the King's displeasure/' adding
plaintively that " bereaved of friends by the King's frown," and " defrauded of an estate
"by a disobedient son,"t he beseeches the King to preserve him "and his three daughters"
from dishonorable wants by bestowing on him jQioo,
Whether it was the effect of the petitions, or some influence brought to bear on the
Duke of Buckingham (probably the latter), does not appear ; but we find that, early in
1626, his restoration to office is discussed. Sir Henry Palmer had, it would seem, been
appointed Admiral of the Narrow Seas in Mervyn's stead ; and, in April of that year, he
is evidently in fear of being displaced ; for, writing to Secretary Nicholas, he says that he
has heard rumours that Sir Henry Mervyn is to be restored to his place ; but that he
disregards those rumours, " having confidence in the Duke." Palmer's % confidence in the
Duke was, however, ill-founded. Sir Henry Mervyn was again admitted to the King's
sea service: the precise date does not appear; but in October 1626, one Wood, the
master of the " Entrance," writes to him that that ship is ready, and furnished with provisions
for 160 men for fourteen weeks ; but that the men refused to sail without being paid their
past sea wages ; and, in the same month of October, we find him giving a certificate
of competence to one Cooper to command a ship. Sir Henry again entered upon the
command of a ship ; but was not, apparently, immediately reinstated in his old office, for
in May 1627 he writes to the Duke of Buckingham from " aboard the Happy Entrance,"
in the Margate Roads, thanking him for his appointment to a ship, and soliciting to be
employed as Admiral of the Narrow Seas.
About the time that Admiral Mervyn was reinstated in his oflice, Buckingham had
determined that England should break with France, and, with this end, encouraged the
English ships of war and privateers to seize French merchant vessels, and we find Sir Heniy
taking part in this warfare. In July 1627, he reports to Secretary Nicholas his recapture
of an English ship taken by the French, adding significantly, that he understands that the
Admiralty Judges count English goods no prize ; but he wishes the merchants to know
that he shaJl expect " salvage" Indeed, as before remarked. Sir Henry's investment of
^3,100 in the purchase of his office would not prove a very good venture, unless we are
to suppose that, during his tenure of office, his indirect gains (in the shape of captured
prizes and booty) were very considerable ; for in December 1628 we find that he peti-
tioned the Privy Council, alleging that there was then due to him for wages and disburse-
ments a sum of jj^8,i6o. He does not, however, get paid anything on account of his
arrears until 1630, when a warrant is issued for payment to him of ;£^5oo, to be "defalked"
off his demand for ^3,110 alleged to be due to him, but the accounts whereof " are not
yet cast up."
In the autumn of 1627 there was a threatened attack by the French on the Channel
Islands, the defence of which Sir Henry Mervyn claimed by right of his warrant as
Admiral of the Narrow Seas ; and his claim seems to have been admitted, as in August he
presents to Lord Holland an account of the French fleet prepared for the attack on
Guernsey and Jersey, and points out the inadequacy of the fleet appointed for the defence
of those islands. On his return from the Channel Islands he was directed to intercept
two ships which had been built for the French at, and were coming from, Amsterdam.
Sir Henry Mervyn was in frequent communication with the Duke of Buckingham.
* Stat€ Papers Dom. Ser., Ckas, I, vol, xiv. 73.
t Who this disobedient son was, whether Captain James Mervyn or Audley Mervyn, does not appear.
{Sir Henry Palmer was compensated for the loss of the office which he held during Mervyn's disgrace
by an appointment of Comptroller of the Navy. {Siaii Papers Dom. Ser.^ Ch, I ; 1 63 1, March.)
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In December, 1627, he wrote his Grace, reporting the reasons why he has not been
able to put to sea, but "hopes not to merit a room in the list of those whom the
" Duke names dull and slothful seamen." Buckingham, finding that the provocation
given to the French did not culminate in an open breach between the two countries
so rapidly as he wished, entered into negotiation with the Duke de Rohan and his
brother, Mons'- de Soubise, the leaders of the French Protestant faction, to aid them
in resisting the attacks on their liberty which were threatened by the French King and
his cardinal minister.
Preparations were accordingly made for an invasion of France; but money
supplies were scarce, and there was consequent delay in victualling the ships : men were
wanting, and great and infectious sickness (resulting principally from the absence of
proper food and clothing) broke out among the seamen, who, notwithstanding their sick-
ness, were obliged to be kept on board the ships, as the country refused to billet them on
account of the infection. Sir Henry Mervyn, writing to Buckingham and to Secretary
Nicholas, from Plymouth, in December, 1627, protested that unless the Duke take it
speedily into consideration, the KLing "will have more ships than sailors;" the men, he
reported, " have neither shoes, stockings, nor rags to cover nakedness ;" the ships are all so
infectious that he fears, if they hold the sea one month more, they will not bring men
home enough to moor the ships : he eulogizes the patience of " the poor men," and
eamesdy urges that a supply of provisions and clothes should be sent. And again, writing
to the Duke in January, 1628, he reiterates the deplorable state in which the seamen were,
and concludes by begging pardon for communicating such harsh news, adding, " but it is
" better your Grace should know it, than believe things better than they are."
In February, 1628, Sir Henr}- Mervyn was appointed one of the Members of
the Council of War, and in the summer of that year, the ill-fated expedition against
the French was undertaken. A fleet of 100 ships, and an army of 7,000 men, were
fitted out and sailed under the personal command of the Duke, to invade France. When
the fleet arrived before La Rochelle, so ill-concerted had been the arrangements that the
Rochellers refused to admit the troops, which had arrived for the purpose of acting as
their allies against the French Government, and accordingly the Duke turned his force
against the Island of Rhd, which he attacked ; but such was his incapacity and inex-
perience that the expedition proved an utter failure, and having lost two thirds of his land
forces, he was compelled to return to England in October, 1628, totally discredited.
The effiect of the attempt made by the English to assist the Huguenots having
thus failed, the French Government were encouraged to adopt open measures against
them, and accordingly took steps to besiege La Rochelle. The Earl of Denbigh
(Buckingham's brother-in-law) was despatched to its relief, and Sir Henry Mervyn
accompanied him ; but the fleet returned without having effected anything, and having, it
is said, refused to engage the French ships which were engaged in the blockade.
Buckingham, furious at the imputation of cowardice which was made against the English,
proceeded personally to Portsmouth to superintend the outfit of a new force, but, before
it was ready, the knife of the assassin, Felton, had laid low the ambirious spirit which at
that time governed the destinies of Great Britain.
The year 1629 opened on a period of great embarrassment in the finances of the
country ; the expenses which the expedition to Cadiz and Rhe and Rochelle entailed,
were such that no funds were forthcoming to carry on further offensive measures ; indeed,
they barely sufficed to keep a few ships afloat for the protection of the Narrow Seas. Sir
Henry was at that time fully occupied in cruising in the Downs in his ship, the " Lion,"
and in transporting various persons of note to and from England, amongst others, Don
Carlos de Colonna, Sir Henry Vane, and two of the Lord Treasurer's sons.
In December, 1629, Sir Henry applied for leave from the Admiralty to proceed to
Ireland to settle some private affairs. This application for leave of absence arose out of
a letter which he had received from Sir William Ryves (the Attorney-General for Ireland),
written at the request of Lady Christian Mervyn (Sir Henry's wife), to apprize him that in
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consequence of failure in passing the patent and paying the fines for certain lands in
Ireland, and also because the articles enjoined on the Earl of Castlehaven, his brother,
had not been performed, Sir Henry's lands were all forfeited to the Crown ; and that
Captain John Lee, brother of Sir Daniel Lee, who held lands under Sir Henry, was going
to England to procure a separate grant from the King * The leave applied for, was
accorded, as we find a letter in January, 1630, to Secretary Nicholas, thanking him, and
hoping one day to give him some testimony of a respectful honest gratitude ^^ quod jam
''fata fiegantr
In April, 1630, the Admiral is back at his post, writing to the Lord of the
Admiralty from Yarmouth Roads, on board the " Reformation." I'he expedition against
Spain and France came to an end after the death of Buckingham and the surrender of
Rochelle, and this fact may probably have led to Sir Henry entertaining the notion of
quitting the Naval Service. It is certain that in the autumn of 1630 he had some con-
ference with Sir Kenelm Digby, one of the Commissioners for the Navy, in reference to
the surrender of his patent office as Admiral of the Narrow Seas, a step which he did not
seem to have however contemplated taking except for good considerations. He required
payment of his arrears, which he stated amounted to ^10,000, or ^5,000 of those
arrears and ;£^3,ooo for the place, that being the sum which it had cost him.t
The year 1631 must have been an anxious period for Sir Henry in connection with
family affairs, for it was at that time that his unhappy brother-in-law, the Earl of Castle-
haven, was brought to trial, condemned, and executed, for crimes which could only have
been the result of insanity.J Some members of his family, indeed, treated the accusa-
tions as unfounded, and as the result of a conspiracy, as appears from a petition presented
to the King by Lady Christian Mervyn and her sisters, the Ladies Amy Blount and
Elizabeth Griffin.§
In the three following years Sir Henry was actively engaged in matters connected
with the Admiralty. He was called on to advise the Board as to the number of men to
be allowed for manning each of H.M.'s ships, and as to the dimensions of ships about
to be built, &c. I find him, also, strongly advocating the erection of lighthouses on the
North and South Forelands.
In 1635 the presence in the English Channel of a combined Dutch and French
fleet, although both of those countries were at that time at peace with England, gave an
excuse for the King to make a display of the naval force of Great Britain, the outfit of
which had been provided for by the first levy of the then newly-invented tax of ship-
money ; and accordingly a fleet, imder the command of Robert Earl of Lindsay, with
instructions " to preserve his Majesty's honour, coasts, jurisdictions, territories, and subjects
within the extent of his employment," cruised in the Channel with great ostentatious
display from May till October.
Sir Henry Mervy-n does not appear to have had ser\ice with this fleet ; but in the
following year, 1636, when the second payment of ship-money came in, the fleet was again
* State Papers Dom. Series Chas. I vol. 153. 90.
{State Papers Dtmt. Series Ch, 1. 1 630, Sip. 4.
Insanity in the Touchet family is evidenced by a very mad letter addressed by Lady Eleanor Davies,
signing herself Eleanor Tickett, to her sisters Lady Amy Bloimt, Lady Elizabeth Griffin, and Lady Cbristian
Mervin, in which she comments on a passage in the 75th Psalm. " In the hand of the Lord there is a cup
and the wine is red," which she applies to the destruction of London, and assures the persons addressed that
this construction was sealed on her mouth with a kiss by Him who made her and heaven and earth. She
subscribes herself " Your sister in the Lion's Den." {State Papers^ Dom, Series^ i^ol, cdxxxiii. 14.) This
Lady Eleanor, who, after the death of her husband. Sir John Davis, in 1 61 6, married Sir Archibald Douglas,
was a religious enthusiast. She published a pamphlet — " The Restitution of Prophecy, that buried talent
to be revived." 4«» 1651. During the Commonwealth she was harshly treated, and is said to have been
confined in Bethelem for several years. She died in 1652, and was buried in London in the Church of St.
Martin's-in-the-fields. Hoards Mod. Wilts, vol. 4/. 154,
§ State Papers, Dom. Series, vol. clxxxix., 09.
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fitted out under the commatid of Algernon, Earl of Northumberland, Sir John Pennington
being nominated to the Vice- Admiralty, and Sir Henry Mervyn being named Rear- Admiral,
with the charge " to guard his Majesty's seas." The vindication of the English sovereignty
of the seas, appears to have been very disproportionate to the means adopted to assert it,
being limited to compelling the Dutch fishermen to accept and pay for licenses to ply
their trade in the Narrow Seas ; a step which led the Dutch to intimate very plainly that
a renewal of such a course would infallibly produce a breach between the two nations.
When the Earl returned, a portion of the fleet remained under the command of Sir Henry,
and did not return home until March 1637.
The following is a letter, preserved in the State Paper Office (Dom, Ser, Chas. i., vol.
cccxxxv.^ No, 52^, addressed about this period to the Commissioners of the Admiralty: —
** May it please y' Lo*".
** I have endeavoured w*** what diligence the same would permitt to give ap account of
" y' Lo*" commands. And my former letters to Mr. Secretarie, if they have not miscarried,
** intimate as much as heere is certified in effect. If there had been anie iust cause of
** complaint against the victuallers in diligence I should have beene much to blame not to
** have given y' Lo^* notice of it as an iust excuse for my staye. But the extremitie of
** weather, w«*» has beene the cause thereof, can not bee prevented. Here are at the Cowes
** about 90 saile of ships, bound all to the eastwards, who all this time durst hazard the
" danger of putting to sea. I beseeche y' Lo** bee of opinion y* that my care shall faile in
'* all diligence to put to & keepe the seas when my maister and officers dare undertake
** the chardge. Thus I humbly rest y' Lo*" most humble seruant.
'^^r^;^
" Stokes Baye on bord the
"St. Andrewe, No. 13***, 1636.
" To the Right Ho^*« the Lords Com" for the Admiraltie.*'
During this period of winter service, it would seem that an alarm was raised that
the Turks were committing depredations upon our coasting vessels, and an order was
accordingly sent by the Admiralty to Sir Henry, directing him to range the western coasts,
and to free the same from Turks and pirates ; and having scoured those coasts for a
fortnight, he was to repair to the Downs to his Admiral for further instructions. Sir
Henry does not appear to have given much credit to the alleged Turkish raid, as, in
writing from Dover in January, 1636-7, to acknowledge the receipt of his orders, he adds,
that he has not heard of any Turks or others that molest the freedom of trade in those
parts, but that it is usual with the inhabitants to fancy the crescent in all colours, as they
did last year by the King's ships, which were employed for their safety, and fled from
them, filling the country with acclamations that the Turks had chased them *
In May, 1637, a new commission for a Council of War was issued "to consider
such particulars as concern the security of His Majesty's realms, the assisting his allies,
and ail other matters concerning war," and Sir Henry Mervyn was one of the commis-
sioners therein named.
Sir Henry was that year again actively employed under the Earl of Northumberland,
to whom he was reappointed Rear-Admiral. The Earl on his return complained to the
Council against the state and management of the Navy, and in the articles which he
adduced in that respect he was supported by Sir Henry Mervyn, Sir John Pennington,
and others in the fleet
In June, 1637, Sir Henry was directed to carry over the Prince Elector Palatine to
* State Papers Dom. Series ^ vol, cccxlv,^ 70.
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Holland. The " Great Fleet " of 1637 did about as much as its two predecessors, which
in fact amounted to nothing at all.
In 1638, Sir Henry again served as Rear- Admiral in the " Victory," but in the
following year he made up his mind to quit the service, as is gathered from a paragraph
in a letter from one Thomas Smith, to the Vice-Admiral Sir John Pennington, in which
he writes that : — " Sir Henry Mervin has now given in his resolution to my Lord
(Earl of Northumberland) that he cannot go in this summer's fleet, and desired to be
excused, wherewith my Lord is very well contented, and I believe he will not come into
our fleet again in haste ; he is now suing to His Majesty to have ;^ 1,000 in money or
^500 per annum for 7 years, and then he will relinquish all his claims to the
Admiralty of the Narrow Seas, but I believe he will get nothing."*
It appears that Sir Henry Mervyn carried out his intention, as in March, 1639,
he is referred to as being out of all command, " having to go to Ireland."
Sir Henry died in 1646, having made his will, wherein he is described as "of the City
of Westminster, Knight," on the 29th May in that year ; and the will was proved in the
following month of June. In it f he mentions his son Audley Mervyn, and his daughters
Deborah Lady Blenerhassett, Lucy, and Elizabeth Mervyn, Frances Coach, and Katherine
Messar. He does not refer to his wife nor to his elder son James Mervyn, who had both
predeceased him.
I. James Mervyn, the eldest son of the marriage of Sir Henry Mervyn with
Christian Touchet, was living in 16 10, at the date of the will of his maternal
grandfather, Sir James Mervyn of Fountel-Giffard, in which he is men-
tioned. James Mervyn appears to have followed his father's profession, for
in 1626 I find him in command of the King's ship the "St. Claude," J and
in 1627, Sir John Coke writing to Secretary Conway that he had despatched
letters to Sir Henry at Portsmouth, adds, but that neither he " nor lus son "
were there, and again in the same year. Sir John Jephson,§ writing to
Conway, states that he has sent a letter to Captain Mervyn from his father,
in which Sir Henry directs his son to take three Dutch East India ships.
In December 1627II Captain James Mervyn writes to Secretary Nicholas,
alleging that his men were sick, and asking leave of absence " to follow a
business he has in London and Wilts."
Apparently he did not again join the fleet. I find no further mention of him
in the State Papers, and at one time I was under the impression that he had
met with his death by violence in London a few months after the date of
his letter ; for in July, 1628,1! Secretary Conway instructs Sir Robert Heath,
the Attorney-General, " to take knowledge of the Inquisition of the Coroner
" of the Verge on the death of Captain James Mervyn," with directions " if
" it be found manslaughter to prepare a pardon for Thomas Stradling."
It would seem, however, that the Captain James Mervyn referred to was
not the son of Sir Henry, as he went over to Ireland, and apparently settled
there; for 1 find a funeral entry in Ulster's Oflice, recording, upon her husband's
information, the death of his wife, Elizabeth-, the daughter of Sir John
Philipott, of Thruxton, co. Southampton, who died 13th May, 1640, and
♦ The letter is dated 21 Feb. 1638/9. {Sfafe Pafers^ Dom. Series^ vol. cccxiii., 56.") Probably the
opinion expressed by the writer was verified by the fact, inasmuch as at the date of Sir Henry's will (1646).
there was about ;^i2,ooo, " long since due to me from His Majesty," and this sum appears to have been his
sole property. See Appendix II., p. iii.
f See Appendix II. p. iii.
;: StaU Papers^ '* Dom, Ser. ch. I. vol xxw., p, 71."
' I Captain James Mervyn's great-uncle, the brother of his grandmother Anna Jephson.
State Papers^ ** Dom. Ser. ch. I vol. Lvxxm., p. 56."
^ State Papers, *' Dom. Ser. Chas. /., 1628, iio,"iVi;. 71.
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was buried at St. Werburgh's in Dublin,* where also Captain James was
buried on 12th July in the following year, i64i,t leaving no issue.
II. Sir Audley Mervyn, (see Notes as to the ixiSi^ IScancf).)
1. Lucy Mervyn, was living at her father's death, unmarried.
2. Deborah Mervyn, who married first Sir Leonard Blenerh asset, and
secondly Rory Maguire, son of Bren Lord Maguire ; she was mentioned
in her father's will as living in 16464
3. Elizabeth Mervyn, living at her father's death, unmarried.
4. Frances Mervyn, who at her father's death was the wife of ... . Coach.
5. Katherine Mervyn, also living in 1646, and then the wife of William
Messar.
See copy Funeral Certificate, Appendix II., p. iv.
iv.
See copy Funeral Certificate, Appendix IL, p.
Bethanrs Mss. (Ulster's Office) voL xii., pp. 215-— 19.
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THE
PERTWOQD BRANCH
OF THE
«r»p (^amilg.
A third branch of the Mervyn family settled at Pertwood, a small parish situate in
the hundred of Warminster, but locally in that of Mere, in the county of Wilts. The
whole parish consists of one estate, comprising about 450 acres. It now, with other
property formerly appertaining to the Mervjm family in the adjoining parish of East Knoyle,
belongs to Mr. Alfred Seymour, M.P., by whose father, the late Mr. Henry Seymour, it
was purchased about forty years since.
Sir R. C. Hoare* states that the Mervyns acquired Pertwood in the early part of
the 1 6th century, by the marriage of William Mervyn with Margaret, the daughter and
heir of William Fletcher and his wife Joan, the daughter and heir of John Brether.
In 1 47 1* William Fletcher presented to the living, and in 1477! he and his wife Joan
presented. The first presentation by Mervyn occurs in 1539,! when John Marvyn and
Robert Temmys and Joan his wife presented, and from that date down to 1670 the
patronage appears to have been vested in the Mervyn family.f
Whilst the pedigree of the Mervyns who settled at Pertwood is entered in threef
out of the four Wiltshire Visitations, it is somewhat remarkable that there is not any
record in either of them, of the Fountel-Giffard family, although at the dates at which the
three earliest Visitations were made (1530, 1565, and 1623J its Representatives held
important positions and were large landed proprietors in the county.
The original note book of the Visitation of 1 565 is preserved in the British Museum
{Harl. Ms, No. iiii.,/. 58), and contains a pedigree of four generations, commencing with
" Willyam Marven of Pertwood, com. Wilts, Gent. * nefewe ' to Walter Marvyn of Fown-
" teyne in com. Wilts, Esquire." This description is followed in the fair copy returned by
the Heralds for registration in the College of Arms.§ The next Visitation was held in 1 623 ;
but the entries in 5ie original note book {HarL Ms, No. 1 165,/. 5) do not extend so far back
as William Mervyn. The record of this Visitation in the CoUege of Arms (" C. 22," fo. 23**)
includes, however, the entries made at the previous Visitation, and brings down the pedi-
gree to the members of the family living in 1623 ; but the Heralds made their return in
Latin, and translated the word "nefewe" by " nepos." In a certified extract in English from
• Hist. Modem Wilts.
t See " Phillipp/ IViltshire Institutionsr
1 63 1. Patron Thomas MenTn, of Pertwood, Gent.
1638. „ George Mervyn, Esquire.
1660. „ John Mervyn, Gent
1662. „ ditto.
1670. „ ditto.
X See Appendix III. pp. iv. and v. § See Appendix HI. p. iv.
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the Visitation of 1623 now before me, made 16 November, 1723, by Richard Mawson,*
Fortcullis Pursuivant^ he has retranslated the word "nepos" as "grandson/* and this
error has given rise to some discussion as to the precise connection between the Pertwood
and Fountel-Giflfard families. The late Mr. William Courthope, Somerset Herald^ con-
sidered that the translation given by Mawson was probably correct, on the ground that the
word " nepos " was often used to designate a grandson,t and that there was no record of
Walter Mervyn of Fountel having had any brother except Hugh Mervyn, who left only
daughters, whilst there were two entries in Vincent's pedigree (Ms, Coll, Arm. " Vin.No, 121,"
fa. 392) of grandsons of Walter named William ; Mr. Courthope, however, omitted to notice
that the same authority mentions that one of those grandsons died s.p. ; but even if that
* Richard Mawson was appointed Portcullis in \^VJy and Deputy Registrar of the Coll. of Arms in
1733* On 2 Sep., 1745, he was nominated Windsor Herald, but he died ofo. the same day. Ex. rel: Sir
Albert Woods.
t This suggestion of Mr. Courthope's led me to consult some authorities as to the meaning generally
given to the word " nepos," and I find that classic writers almost invariably used it to designate a grandson.
Virgil in referring to Ascanius, Venus' grandson, writes " Dardanius (jue nepos Veneris, " j^neid iv. 163.
Ovid however uses the word for grand-nephew, "Caesar ab iEnea qui tibi(Cupidini)fratre nepos" {Pontiii.^
3, 62) ; as does also Suetonius, " Sed novissimo testamento tres instituit heredes, sororum nepotes." Cos, 83.
The word "neptis" is generally used for grand-daughter: "Metellum enim multifilii filise nepotes neptes
in rogum imposuenmt" {Cic, Tusc, i., 35) : but ^lius Spartianus has neptis in the sense of niece. Hadr, 2.
" Nepos," in the sense of descendants generally, is to be met with, ex. gr., " Tarda venit sens
Papyloun nepotis et heredis Willielmi Papyloun defuncti de omnibus terris et tenementis que idem
Willus avunculus suus tenuit" So alsojin an incjuisition post mortem 36 Hen. vin. (1545): "SynvoBS
armiger, est nepos et proximus hseres dicti Radulphi Sjrmons, viz, jfiliw Johannis/ra/rw dicti Radulpni jam
defuncti." An instance^of the use of the word as meaning grandson will be found in Fine Roll 33 fedw. I.
(1305)=" ■ -'---— ...-_..., — .^ ., .^^ ..
terris <
grand-daughter. In the former sense it will be found in the Inquisition 24 Edw. I. (1296) de Clerbek :
"Johanna, ///a Roberti de Clerbek fratris Henrid de Clerbek, et Elizabeth Soror ejusdem Johannae, et
Alicia Soror ejusdem Johannae, sunt haeredes dicti Henrici. Johanna neptis predicti Henrici est una
haeredum, et Elizabetha Soror predictae Johannae alia haeres et neptis ejusdem Henrici, et AJiciae tertia
haeres Soror predictae Johannae et neptis dicti HenricL
Henry de Clerbek Robert de Clerbek
1_
Johanna Elizabeth Alicia
Neptes Henrici de Clerbek,
As referring to a grand-daughter, " neptis " occurs in the Retour of Service, dated 20 March, 1588-9, printed ia
the documents connected with the Mar Peerage Case now before the House of Lords (Appendix, No. 27, p. 184,
of the case of J. F. E. Goodeve Erskine) : " Joannes nunc Comes de Mar, est legitimus et propinquior heres
dicte quondam Isobelle Comitisse de Mar, respectu habito quod ipsa erat neptis quondam Donaldi Comitis
de Mar eius, avi fratris quond Domine Helene de Mar," etc. The pedigree being :
Donald Earl of Mar Helen de Mar
I T ^
Thomas Earl of Mar Margaret»Douglas
James Douglas Isabella Countess of Mar
"^f/Zw- Donaldi"
It results therefore, that the true interpretation of " nepos " or " neptis" depends on the context with
which it is used.
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had not been the case, it is impossible that he could have been Sheriff of Dorset and
Somerset in 5 Hen. vii. 1489-90, (which William Mervyn of Pertwood was*^, seeing that
his brother, John Mervyn, the son of Walter's eldest son, and who succeeded his grandfather
at Fountel was only nine years old in isi2,t and that the other grandson William, was
living in 1550 at Durford in Sussex. I have no doubt that the founder of the Pertwood
family was a nephew and not a grandson of Walter, on the grounds, first, that the original
entry by the Heralds so described him; secondly, that the word " nephew" was correctly
written " nepos " when the pedigree was translated into Latin ; and thirdly, that the dates
are inconsistent with any other conclusion.
In the Visitation of London made in the year 1664 J (Ms, CoU, Arms. "/?. 19,"
fo. 87^) there is entered the pedigree of John Mervyn of London, merchant, the grandson of
John Mervyn of Pertwood and Melior Gouldsborough, and in the Wiltshire Visitation of
i677§ {Ms, ColL Arm. "2?. 2%'' fo, 31) the descent of Edward Mervyn of Salisbury, from
George Mervyn of Pertwood, is recorded. There is also in the College of Arms (Ms.
"8 D 14" p. 115) a modem pedigree || registered in 1801, of the descendants of John
Mervyn of Pertwood and his wife Anne Toppe, who are mentioned in the Visitation of
1623. It is principally from the above sources, supplemented by documentary evidence,
which I have specified, and personal information of facts within their knowledge, derived
from living descendants of this branch of the Mervyn family, that I have compiled the
following pedigree.
I should mention that I have in some instances been guided to sources of
information by the pedigree which will be foimd printed in Sir R. C. Hoare's Hist of
Wilts (Mere Hundred^ p. 180). compiled, as I believe, about 1799 ^J the late G. F. Beltz,
Lancaster Herald, and which so far as it extends appears to be substantially correct,
with however one important error as regards Richard Mervyn, the Chancellor of Exeter
Cathedral and the founder of the Devonshire branch of the femily, who has been inserted
by Beltz a generation lower than that in which he was bom.
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WILLIAM MERVYN, nephew of Walter Mervyn of Fountel-Giffard, setded at
Pertwoodir on his marriage with MARGARET, daughter of William FLETCHER, by
Joan, the daughter and heir of John BRETHER of Pertwood. He was Sheriff of Somerset
and Dorset, 5 Hen.vii. (1489-90),* and on his death, according to the Wiltshire Visitation
taken in 1565, left two children, viz. : —
John, his son and heir.
Elizabeth, a daughter who died unmarried.
JOHN MERVYN, the son, was of Pertwood, and married AVIS, daughter of
* Hutchini Hist. Dorset, vol, I., Introd.p. 66.
t Inq, p, m, 4 Hen, viii. See Appendix I., p. iii.
I See Appendix III., p. v.
I See Appendix III., p. v.
I See Appendix III., p. vi.
^ Unfortunately the early Pertwood Registers are not to be found. Mr. Alfred Seymour informs me
that at the time the estate was purchased by his father, the Church was used as a cattle shed, and he recollects
when it was cleared out for the purpose of service being performed in it, the farmer's wife protested against
the pulpit being interfered with, on the ground that her best brood of geese would be disturbed.
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John COCKERELL, of Stoughton, co. Wilts, by whom he had three children, two sons
and a daughter.*
I, John Mervyn, of whom hereafter,
II, Philip Mervyn, who is recorded in the Visitation of 1565, and mentioned
in his brother John's will (1599). He married, but the name of his wife
does not appear, and had two sons and a daughter, all of whom are men-
tioned in his brother's will, viz, :
I. Andrew Mervyn, a legatee under his uncle John's will (1599), and
living at the date of his brother William's will (1620), in which
he and his two children are mentioned, the two children being
at that date under age, viz. :
William Mervyn.
Katherine.
II. William Mervyn, also a legatee under the will of his uncle John, was a
citizen and brewer of London, and married, istly, Anne . . . . , by
whom he had two daughters.
I. Elizabeth ') Both mentioned in their father's will, and then
2 Susan j (1620) under age.
He married, 2ndly, Eleanor, daughter of Edward Newman, by
whom he does not appear to have had any issue. His will is dated
22 Feb. i620,t and was proved 13 April 162 1, by Eleanor Merv)ai,
his ^vidow and sole executrix. He desired by his will to be buried
in St. Sepulchre's without Newgate.
I. Frisette married to John Adams, and both mentioned, with their
children in the will of her uncle John Mervyn (1599), and
in the will of her brother William (1620). Frisette and her husband
were living in 1632 (the date of her cousin Thomas Mervyn's will),
and then residing at Hindon.
I. Margaret Mervyn, who was the wife of Adelme Whitaker, of Edington,
CO. Wilts.
JOHN MERVYN, of Pertwood, the elder son and heu: of John Mervyn and
Avis Cockerell, was married on 14 Sept. 1561,$ to MELIOR, the daughter of Robert
CiOLDSBOROUGH, of East Knoyle, a parish adjoining Pert^^-ood. He was possessed
of considerable landed property in Wiltshire, including the Manor of Pertwood, and
lands in Foimtel-Bishop, Stopp, Hyndon, Fountel-Giffard, and Chicklade, as appears
by an Inquisition § taken after his death, which records that he died on 24 June, 1601.
His will was dated 8 May, 1 599, and was proved in London, by his son Thomas, on the
13, November, 1601. || By his wife Melior Goldsborough, who survived him, John Mervyn
was the father of
I. Christopher Mervyn, who is mentioned in the Visitation of 1565, and
is recorded in that of 1623 as having died without issue.
n. John Mervyn is mentioned in the Visitation of 1565 as the second son
and then living; but he is not recorded in the Visitation of 1623, and he
evidently died without issue before his father, as in the Inquisition his next
brother is found the heir.
HI. Thomas Mervyn, of Pertwood, who in the Inquisition § taken on his father's
death is described as his son and next heir, and as then (i 601) of the
age of 34 years and upwards. He is mentioned in his father's will (1599),
under which he was devisee of a house at Hindon, and was appointed
residuary legatee and executor, and proved the will. Thomas Mervyn
was one of those gentlemen who preferred to pay a money composition
* See Visitation, Wilts, 1565, AppKiNDIX III., p. iv.
t See Abstract Will of William Merv^Ti, Appendix III., p. vii.
t See Par. Reg., East Knoyle, Appendix III., p. ix.
See Appendix III., p. ix.
See Abstract Will of John Mervyn, Appendix III., p. vii.
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rather than be knighted at the coronation of Charles I. The patronage
of the Rectory of Pertwood was vested in him and in 163 1 he exercised it
in favor of his nephew, Richard Mervyn, afterwards D.D. and Chancellor
of Exeter Cathedral, the founder of the lBebon0tire branch of the family.
He married, Margaret, daughter of John Edwards, of Westbuiy, co. Wilts,
but appears to have died without leaving any children. His will* is dated
13 February, 1632, and was proved in London in the following year. In it
he mentions his brother William and his son Thomas; also his brothers
Austin and Ambrose. He devised an estate at Chicklade, co. Wilts in
settiement upon John, Mathew, Richard, and Thomas, sons of his brother
George, who he appointed sole executor and residuary legatee.
IV. George Mervyn, 4th son, of whom hereafter.
V. William MERVYN,f the 5th son, who is recorded in the Visitation of 1623,
and mentioned in his father's will (1599). He is also mentioned, with his
son Thomas, in his brother Thomas Mervyn's will, (1632).
VI. Augustine Mervyn, the 6th son, was of East Knoyle. He is mentioned in his
father's will (1599), and recorded in the Visitation of 1623, and is also men-
tioned in the will of his brother Thomas (1632). His will* is dated 20 April,
1634, and was proved in London 17 Nov. 1637. In it he mentions his wife,
who was Priscilla, daughter of Francis Samborne, of Mayden Newton, in
the county of Dorset. Augustine Mervyn, like his elder brotiier, declined the
honour of knighthood at the Coronation of King Charles I., and consequently
had to pay a composition of £,\ o. He was a donor to the church of East
Knoyle, where he lived, and his gift, a silver Paten, still exists, bearing the
following engraved inscription : — ^^Amoris ergo donum hoc morietis pie gefierosus
Augustinus iemplo huic Mervinus reliquit 1637.''} The children of Augustine
Mervyn and Priscilla Samborne appear to have been nine in number, viz. : —
I. Augustine Mervyn, the eldest child, was baptized at Tisbury,§ 17
Nov , 1 617, and was buried at East Knoyle || 11 December, 161 7.
II. Augustine Mervyn, a second son of that name was baptized at
Tisbury,§ 30th March, 16 19, and is recorded in the Visitation of 1623
as then of the age of four years.
♦ See Abstract of the Will, Appendix III., p. vii.
t This William Men^yn was possibly the ** Rector of the church of Boyton Corton Magna and Parva,
and the chapel of Rhodden," whose will is dated I Aug. 1 647, and was with a codicil of I Aug. 1651
proved in London 26 April, 1652, by his son, George MervjTi, of Salisbury (/*. C. C. 77 Banycry The will
mentions Testator's wife Joane, then deceased, his son Thomas (who in the codicil, (1651), is stated to
have died since the date of the will), a son William, and his children; another son Henry, and his
children; a third son George of Salisbury, and his children; also three daughters, viz.. Cicely, wife of
Edward Olden; Constance, married to George Dyer; and Anne, the wife of Alexander Cray. The testator
appointed Mr. Matthew Mervyn, of Upton, one of the overseers of his will. I take it that the third son
" George," referred to in the will, was George Mervyn, of Salisbury (described in the Ledger of the
Corporation of that City as " Mercer"), who in 1662 invested two sums of ;^ioo each with the Mayor and
Commonalty of Salisbury in consideration of an annuity, the interest of the money after his death being
distributable amongst the poor of the City, including a payment of twenty shillings to the Clergyman of
Sl Edmund's parish for a sermon to be preached on the anniversary of his death. See Hoares Wilts-
Salisbury , Vol. 2, pp. 828 dr' 448). Mr. Charles M. Lee, Tcnvn Clerk of Salisbury, informs me (1873) that a
Deed exists, dated 3rd March, 1661, whch gives " Margery " as the Christian name of this George Mervyn's
wife, but I have not met with any further particulars of their family.
I find {P. C. C. 22 Ruthin) a will of another William Mervin, of East Knoyle, " Clerk and
Batchelor," dated ist January, 1651, administration to which was granted by the P. C. C. on 21st January,
1656, to testator^s brother-in-law, Robert Dominicke, one of the trustees named in the will which mentions
testatoi^s sisters, — Lucy Dominicke and her children, Mellyer Gundery and her children, and Mary Grove,
and also testator*s kinsman Thomas Mompesson and his brother Henry Mompesson, and his kinswoman
Mrs. Ellen Mompesson. I cannot identify this testator. See Abstract Appendix IIL, p. vil
1 Ex-relatiom Rev. R. N. Milford, Rector of East Knoyle, 1873.
■ See Par. Reg., East Knoyle, Appendix III., pp. ix. & x.
§ See Par. R^. Tisbuiy, printed in Hoare's Wilts Dtmworth Hund., pp. 150- 1, probably from the
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III. Christopher Mervyn was baptized at East Knoyle* on 26th
September 1626, and was mentioned in his father's will (1634).
1. Dorothy, mentioned in the Visitation of 1623, as then of the age of
twelve years. She would appear to have married at East Knoyle*
on 5 June, 1628, Francis Toope.
2. Mary, recorded in the 1623 Visitation as aged nine years. She was
mentioned in her father's will (16^4).
3. Vertue was baptized* 22 July, 1621, and entered in the Visitation
of 1623, and also referred to in her father's will.
4. Priscilla, who is recorded in the Visitation of 1623, was baptized at
East Knoyle* 17 May, 1623, and mentioned in her father's will.
5. Ann, baptized* i March, 1624, and mentioned in her father's will.
6. Katherine, baptized* 8 Oct, 1631, and mentioned in her father's will.
VII. Ambrose Mervyn, the seventh son of John Mervyn and Melior Golds-
borough, was a legatee under his father's will (1599) as tenant for life of the
testator's house at Hindon, and i^ also mentioned in the will of his brother
Thomas (1632); he is recorded in the Visitation of 1623, as also his wife
Elizabeth, daughter of John Willoughby of West Knoyle, with their
three sons, viz. : — Nicholas, John, and Christopher. He is also recorded
with his wife Elizabeth and son John in Visit, of London (1664). Ambrose
Mervyn's wife Elizabeth died 24th December, 1645, ^^^ ^^ buried at
Chicklade.f Her husband survived her, and died . . . November, 1656,
and was also buried at Chicklade.f
I. Nicholas MERVYN,t the eldest son, married Magdalen who
survived him. She is described in her will, dated 20 May 1687
(Appendix III., p. viii.), as " of Founthill Episcopi," and thereby
directed that she might be buried at Chicklade, near her husband.
The issue of the marriage were —
I. John Mervyn, mentioned in the will of his uncle John
Mervyn, of London (1686), as " my nephew John Mervyn
of Founthill," and was named one of the executors in his
mother's will (1687), and was also sole executor of his
brother Nicholas's will (i 689). It is probable that John
Mervyn married, as his brother Nicholas, in his will, mentions
his " sister-in-law Ann Mervyn," and on the gravestone of
John there are the remains of an inscription which may
possibly have recorded the death in 17 14 of his widow; he
died II January 171 2, and was buried at Chicklade-f
II. Nicholas Mervyn was, with his brother John, executor
following notes by the late G. F. Beltz, Laticaster Herald^ (who assisted Sir Richard C. Hoare in his history,)
which were made on visiting Tisbury Church, 13 Sep. 1799, and are preserved in the Collie of Arms.
{Ms, A. xix., y.P. ig.fo. 445)'~
** On a small square brass plate in Tisbury Church : — * Here lyeth interred in hope of a joyful
** * resurrection, Ann the daughter of Edmond Mervin of Founthill, in the county of Wilts, Esq., and
" *the loving wife of Matthew Davys of the Middle Temple, London, Esq., who was bom at Chicks-
" * grove in this Parish. She dyed in the month of November, 1657.*
I have not been able to trace the parentage of this Anne Mervyn. See ped. of the Davys family, Hoare's
Wilts— Chalk Hund. p. 36.
" The Tisbury Registers were examined 14 Sep. 1799.
" The Baptisms begin 1563.
" 1567. Oct. Dorothy the daur. of Thomas Mervyn."
" 161 7. Augustine, son of M'- Augustine Mervin, was bapt. 17 Nov."
" 1619. Augustine, son of Augustine Mervin, Gent., was bapt. 30 day of March."
" Burials begin Jan, 1563."
" 1657. Anne, wife of Matthew Da>'ys, Esq., bur^- 9 Nov."
• See Par. Reg. East Knoyle, Appendix III., pp. ix. & x.
t See Foot Note * on next page.
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of his mother's will (1687). His will is dated 4 July 1689
(Appendix III., p. viii.), and he died, apparently unmarried,
on the 2 April 1692, and was buried at Chicklade.*
III. Thomas Mervyn, married Mary . . . . ; both of whom are
named in his mother's will (1687), and in his brother
Nicholas' will (i 689), and had issue a son.
I. Ambrose Mervyn, who is named in his great
uncle's (John, of London) will (i 686), who de-
scribes him as his " godson ;" and in his grand-
mother Magdalen's will (1687), as also in that of
his uncle Nicholas (1689).
1. Jane, a daughter, described in the will of John Mervyn of
London (1686) as " my niece Jane Mervin." She is also
mentioned in the wills of her mother, and her brother
Nicholas.
2. Melior, who married Francis Turville, both of whom,
together with their children Francis Turville and Melior,
are mentioned in Magdalen Mervyn's will (1687), and in
will of Nicholas Mervyn (i 689).
3. Elizabeth, married Wilks Hibberd. She is mentioned in
her mother's will (1687) as then dead; her husband and
children John Hibberd and Jane, are also mentioned in
the will of her brother Nicholas Mervyn, (1689).
II. John Mervyn, the second son, migrated from Wiltshire and settled
in London, where he married Frances, daughter and sole heiress of
♦ I was at one time in doubt whether it was Nicholas Mervyn, or his brother Christopher, who was the
husband of Magdalen Mervyn of Fontel -bishop, and who by her will desires to be buried in the church of
Chicklade, "near my late husband." (See Appendix III., p. viii.) I accordingly applied for information
to the Rev. J. C. Faber, the Rector of Chicklade, who, in reply, informed me that the parochial registers
only reach back to 1 72 1, and that he could not, on any monumental stone, find mention or record of any
member of the Mervyn family. Mr. Faber subsequently, however (20 Sept 1873), very courteously wrote
me, that in preparing the churchyard for enlargement, there had been found under the turf several grave-
stones belonging to the Mervyn family, of which he sent me the following particulars : —
Inscriptions on Tombstoms in the Churchyard of Chicklade^ co, Wilts,
Here lieth the Body of Elizabeth Mervin, wife of Ambrose Mervin, who died
December 24, 1645.
The "beth" in Elizabeth is nearly illegible.
OF Ambrose Mervin, who died day of November, in the
yeare of our Lord 1656.
The first part of this inscription, and the upper portion of the words "OF Ambrose Mervin who,"
are broken off.
Here lyeth the body of Nicholas Mervin, son of Nicholas Mervin, who departed
THIS life ye 2 day OF ApRILL, ANNO DOM. 1692.
Mr. John Mervin of Founthill, who died Jany. ii, anno dom. 1712.
The words previous to " Mr. John " are illegible ^ and tlu upper portion of " hill ** in Founthill is
broken off,
.... OF John Mervin, who .... July i, anno dom. 1714, aged ....
The rest of this inscription is broken off.
The two last inscriptions are on the same stone. There are als9 two other tombstones, whichy
judging from their position, in all probability belonged to the Mervin family; the inscriptions,
however, are erased, with the exception of the date " 1638" on the one, and "life thb" and
"September" on the other.
The fact of the record on the gravestone of the death of Nicholas, who was no doubt Magdalen's
son, describing him as ''son of Nicholas Mervin," satisfied me that her husband was Nicholas, and not
Christopher.
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Richard Simonds, by whom he had issue living in 1664 {Visit,
London, 1664*), two sons and a daughter. His willf is dated nth
December, 1686, and was proved in London 25th March 1689, by
his son Francis.
I. Francis Mervyn, son and heir, aged 10 years in 1664. He
was appointed the executor of his father's vfiW (1686).
His will,} in which he is described as of Eltham, co. Kent,
is dated 25th April, 1702, and was proved p. c. c. by his
brother James on 1 6th May following.
II. James Mervyn is mentioned in his father's will (1686), and
was appointed executor, and proved his brother Francis'
will in 1702.
I . Mary. This child is not mentioned in her father's will, so
that she was at its date (1686) probably dead.
III. Christopher Mervyn, third son of Ambrose Mervyn and Elizabeth
Willoughby, mentioned in the Visit. 1623.
I. Priscilla m Bowles, and was living (1689). She is referred
to in the will of her brother John Mervyn (1686) as "my sister
Priscilla Bowles." In the will of her nephew Nicholas (1689) she is
mentioned as "my aunt Boles;*' he also mentions his "cozin
Elizabeth Boles."
GEORGE MERVYN, the fourth son of John Mervyn and Melior Goldsborough,
became heir to his brother Thomas Mervyn. He is mentioned
in his father's will (1599) as then married and having children,
and is also, with his sons John (and his son John), Matthew,
Richard, and Thomas, named in the will of his brother Thomas
Mervyn (1632), by which he was appointed sole executor and
residuary legatee, and is registered in the Visitation of 1623, and
in 1677 as of Pertwood; in 1638 he presented to the living of
that parish on the resignation of his son Richard, who had been
appointed by his uncle in 1631. George Mervyn, like liis two
brothers Thomas and Augustine, was amongst those country gen-
tlemen who paid a composition for not taking the order of knight-
hood at the coronation of Charles I.§ He married ELIZABETH,
daughter of Robert RYVES, of Ranston in the county of Dorset, who was buried
at East Knoyle, 30th November, 1624,11 having had four sons and three daughters, all
of whom were entered in the Visitation of 1623.
I. John Mervyn, of Pertwood, eldest son and heir, of whom hereafter.
II. Matthew Mervyn, who was 24 years old in 1623. He is mentioned in the
will of his uncle Thomas (1632), and was living in 1634, at which date he is
mentioned in the will of his uncle Augustine, of which (with his brother
John) he was appointed overseer. He marriedH Katherine, daughter of
Edward Pike, [of Maiden Newton, co. Dorset ?] by whom he had issue a
son and a daughter.
I. George * Mervyn, who married Dorothy, daughter of John
Willoughby, of Baverstock, co. Wilts, by whom he had issue three
sons and two daughters.
* See Appendix III., p. v. t See Abstract of the Will Appendix III. p. vii.
X See Abstract of the Will, Appendix III. p. viii. § Ex. auct? Sir Thomas Philipps.
I See Par. Reg. East Knoyle, Appendix III., pp. ix. & x.
% The marriage of Matthew Mervyn with Katherine Pike and the particulars of their issue are given
on the authority of a Ms. note apparently in the handwriting of Richard Mawson Portcullis^ which I lound
amongst the family papers of my late aunt Mrs. Frances Drake.
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I. Philip Mervyn, who married Sarah, daughter of William
Knapton, of Brokenhurst in Hampshire, by whom he had
issue one son.
II. George Mervyn, \ ,
III. John Mervyn, J ^^' ^'P'
1 . Mary, who married John Ord, of Longleat.
2. Henrietta, who married Anthony Warton, Prebend of
Hommgsham, co. Wilts.
I . EuzABETH, who married William Burlton, of Knoyle, co. Wilts.
III. Richard Mervyn, B.D., of Devonshire. {Seg'* l]Bebon0l)ite Cratict).")
IV. Thomas Mervyn, mentioned in the Visitation of 1623 as then 10 years old.
He is also named in the will of his uncle Thomas Mervyn (1632). He
was of East Ensild, co. Wilts, married* Ann (widow of White),
to whom, as his relict, administration was granted by the Prerogative Court
of Canterbury, 14 March 165JJ.
1. Melior, living in 1623, and recorded in that year's Visitation as married
to John Haytor, of Little Langford, in Wilts.
2. Elizabeth, living 1623, married* Nathaniel Freak, Counsellor, of Shaftes-
bury, CO. Dorset.
3. Margaret, baptized at East Knoyle,t 16 May 1605, and living in 1623,
married* Christopher Baron, of Mere, co. Wilts.
JOHN MERVYN of Pertwood, the eldest son and heir of George Mervyn and
Elizabeth Ryves, was baptized at East Knoylet 3rd August 1595. He is mentioned in
and signed the Pedigree taken at the Visitation of 1623, and was then aged 28. He sold
his estate of Upton { in East Knoyle to his brother Richard, and in 1635 was living
at Motcombe, co. Dorset. He is mentioned in the will of his uncle Thomas Mervyn
(1632), and also in the will of his uncle Augustine Mervyn (1634), of which (with his
brother Matthew) he was appointed overseer. He married in 1622 ANNE, daughter of
John TOPPE of Stockton, co. Wilts, and sister of John Toppe of Lincoln's Inn. She
is mentioned in the Visitation of 1623 § and also in the Visitation of 1677 apparently as
then living, and if so, of tlie great age of 80 years. I have not any note of John Mervyn's
death, but he presented to the living of Pertwood in 1660, 1662, and 1670. The children
of his marriage || with Anne Toppe were nine, three sons and six daughters, viz. :
I. John Mervyn, of whom hereafter.
II. Edward Mervyn, who setded at Salisbury, and of whom also hereafter.
III. George Mervyn.
1. Margaret, who was baptized at East Knoyle 31 April i623,t and is
recorded in the Visitation of that year as th^ then only issue of her father*s
and mother's marriage. She married . . . Perry, of Hindon.
2. Mary, baptized 25 April 1625,! married D'* William CreeDjIT Regius
Professor of Divinity at Oxford.
♦ My authority for these several marriages is the Ms. before referred to.
t See Par. Reg. East Knoyle, Appendix III., pp. ix. and x.
X The sole remnant (as I believe) of the Mervyn landed property in Wiltshire now held by any
descendant of the family, is an annual rent charge issuing out of this estate, and now belonging to my cousin
Major John Mervyn Cutcliffe Drake, R. £. See BthOM'^iti ISrancfl.
§ Ms. Coll Arms, " C. 22^^ p. 2jb, Appendix III., p. iv. The arms of Toppe are recorded in the
pedigree of that family taken at the Visitation of Wilts in 1623 (Ms. ColL Arm., " i C. 22" p. 59), which
gives the marriage of Ann Toppe with John Mervyn. The coat of Toppe being " Arg. on a canton gules,
a fist in antique mail couped ppr," with the following note underneath the tricking, " A patent confirmed
to John Toppe, of Stockton, in the county of Wilts, by Edmond Knight, Norroy King of Armes, 1592, as
his ancient armes." Quartered with the above coat are the following arms, " Argent semee de lis, a lyon
rampant sable; " for Archbold. (See also Ms. Coll. Arm. "/. ^j,"/. 67.)
II The particulars of the children of John Mervyn and Anne Toppe, except so far as they are supplied
by the pedigrees set out in Appendix III., pp. iv., v., & vi., are taken from Mawson's Ms. previously
referred to.
^ Dr. William Creed was a native of Reading co. Berks, bom about 16 15, elected a scholar, and
subsequently became a Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford. He entered the church, and became a noted
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3- Anne, married . . Floyd of London.
4. Honor, married . . Hansford of London.
5. Elizabeth, baptized 29th November 1629;* died young.
6. A daughter, who married . . . Bradford, Minister in Devon.
JOHN MERVYN (of Fountel-Giffard), the eldest son of John Mervp and Anne
Toppe, was baptized at East Knoyle 20 April 1624.* He is mentioned in the will of
Thomas Mervyn (1632). and married 11 August i655t (before a Justice of the Peace
at Gillingham), REBECCA, daughter of Christopher DIRDOE, of GiUingham. He
was buried 1692. Letters of administration were granted by the Prerogative Court of
Canterbury, on 12 December 1692, to his widow and his son Thomas Mervyn. His
widow was buried 1693. The issue of the marriage were two sons. J
L William Mervyn of Pertwood ; barred entail in 1685.
n. Thomas Mervyn, who purchased Bourton House, near Wincanton, co.
Dorset, 10 November 1702. He married Mary . . . . , who was buried
27 November 1728. He was buried 12 June 1745. The issue of his
marriage being four sons
I. Henry Mervyn, who was admitted tenant i October 1745, and
sold the Bourton property in 1752. He was buried 15 June 1753,
having married Mary Suter, who survived him, and was buried
8 May 1768.
II. Thomas Mervyn, living 17 19, died before 1750.
III. John Mervyn, baptized 1704, married 30 Sept 1724, Eleanor,
daughter of the Reverend Thomas Lambert, Rector of Boyton and
Sherrington (by Jane, daughter of Sir Henry Coker), baptized also
in 1704. John Mervyn died in 1765, and his widow in the
following year. The issue of their marriage were eight children —
two sons and six daughters.
I. Lambert Mervyn, born 12th, bapt. at Kingstone Deverill,|
24th July 1725 ; died 15 Aug. 1750, unm
II. John Mervyn, bom 24 January, 1726-7, bapt. at Kingstone
Deverilljll 2 July 1726; died 15th, bur. at Kingstone
Deverill,|| 20th May 1805, unmarried, and, in the notifica-
tion of his death in the newspaper, § was described as the
last male issue of the family.
preacher. He was a staunch Royalist, but during the Commonwealth held the Rectory of East Codeford
or Codeford St. Mary, co. Wilts. After the Restoration (in June 1660) he was made Regius Professor
of Divinity in the University of Oxford, and shortly afterwards became Archdeacon of Wilts and Rector of
Stockton in that county. He died at Oxford, aged 47, on the 19th July 1663, and was buried in Christ-
church. See Wood's Athena Oxoniensis {Bliss* tdition^ Lond, 181 7 voL '^^pp. 637-8.) No mention is made
in the Memoir or Monumental Inscription of his marriage.
♦ See Par. Re^. East Knoyle, Appendix III., pp. ix. and x.
f " John Mervian, son of John Mervian, of Pertwood, in the county of Wiltshire, Gent, and Rebecca
" Dirdoe, daughter of Christopher Dirdoe, of the parish of Gillingham, in the comity of Dorset, Gent., were
" three several Lord's days published in the parish church of Gillingham aforesaid, at the close of the
" morning exercise; to wit, on the 8th, 15th, and 22nd days of July 1655, that the said John Mervian the
" son, and Rebecca Dirdoe intended to be joined in the holy state of matrimony; to which no exception was
" made, and the nth day of August 1655, w^'"^ married by John Still, Esquire, one of the Justices of the
" Peace of the said county of Dorset." Ext. from Register of Marriages at Gillingham.
X My authority for the statements as to the issue of this ■ marriage is a Ms. pedigree furnished to me
by Sir Henry Mcrx'yn Vavasour, Bart., which appears to have been compiled in 1842 with great care, and,
so far as I can judge, with accuracy by the late Col. Lambert White, of Yeovil, the son of Nelly Mervyn
and William White ; but unfortunately the places of baptisms, marriages, and deaths are not given, thus
materially diminishing the practical value of the pedigree, the earlier part of which is printed in Hoare's
Modern Wilts, Heytesbury Hundred, p. 203. See also Lambert pedigrees Mss. Coll. Arm., " I. C ^-?,"
p. 52*, and "7. P. 43" Pf>' 489-90-
§ Extract from the" Salisbury and Winchester Journal," Monday, 20 May 1805: — " On Wednesday,
"died at his house at Kingstone Deverill, aged near 80 years, John Mervin, Gent, the last surviving
" male issue of the ancient and respectable family of that name, formerly of Fonthill in this county."
II See Par. Reg. Kingstone Deverill, Appendix III., p. x.
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1. Mary, bom 23 Feb., bapt. at Kingstone Deverill,* 6 March
1728-9; died 7 January 1783.
2. Jane, born 24 August, bapt at Kingstone Deverill* in
Sept. 1732; buried 2Mardi 1737.
3. Betty, bom 24 Jan'^- 1734; married 11 Decf- 1769, James
Brice, and died s.p.
4. Nelly (eventually, on the death of her brother John,
coh. of her father), bom 10 June 1737; married
15 July 1766, William White, who was bom 8 August
1726, and died i May 1810. She survived her husband
and died 31 July 1 81 6, leaving issue, t
I. William Lambert White, of Yeovil, Lt.-Col. of
the East Somersetshire Yeomanry Cavalry, b. i
June 1767, and d. 17 April 1845, having married
25 June 1789, Anne dau. of Moulton Messiter,
of Wincanton, who was b. 25 May 1761, and
d. 20 March 1852, leaving one child Laetitia
Messiter White, b. 15 March 1790, and d.
unmarried 15 May 1868.
II. John Mervin White, who was b. 22 Aug. 1770,
andd. unmarried 10 May 1793, set. 22.
III. Frederick White, b. 6 March 1772, and d. 25
Feb. 1845, having married Ellery, dau. of the
Rev. Peter Beavis, who d. 19 Nov. 1828 ; the
issue of their marriage being
I. William White, b. 23 Jan. 1805, and d.
unmarried 25 May 1844.
II. Frederick White, b. 17 Feb. 1806,
and married in 1842 to Mary Jane King,
but died without issue.J
1. Anne, b. 10 Dec. 1803, and died 18 July
1826.
2. Frances, b. 20 Feb. 1809, and died 23
Sept. 1872, having married T. Rodham,
who pre-deceased her.J
3. Jane, b. 20 April 181 4; living unmarried
18734
IV. James White, b. 4 March, 1774; d. 5 June 1852,
unmarried, t
V. Albinus White, b. 23 June 1779 3 d. 4 April 1808,
unmarried. J
1. Nelly Maria, b. 11 April 1767; married John
Dyer, and died 4 March 1799, s.p.
2. Jane, b. 3 June 1776, and died 3 Dec. 1779.
5. Jenny Mervyn, eventually co-h. of her father, bom i Nov*-
1739 ; married John Parratt, and died 29 Dec'- 1824.
6. Rebecca Mervyn, eventually co-h. of her father, bom 5 April
1744, and died 2 June 1800, having married, 1767, Joseph
Kiddle, who survived her and died 1824.
IV. James Mervyn, bom 1 706 ; buried 1 707.
• See Par. Reg. Kingstone Deverill, Appendix III., p. x.
t Some of the particulars of the issue of Nelly Men'yn and William White were furnished to me by
Mr. Henry Messiter, of Wincanton, whose aunt, Anne Messiter married William Lambert White.
I Ex rel«- Mr. H. Messiter, 1873.
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EDWARD MERVYN, the second son of John Mervyn
and Anne Toppe, signed the pedigree entered at the Wiltshire
Visitation of 1677, wherein he is described as being then of the
age of 37 years, (which would give 1640 as the date of his birth).
He settled at Salisbury, and is recorded as having died before
1 691.* He married, about 1665, FRANCES, daughter and
heiress of Francis SHELDON, of Manston, co. Dorset, (who
survived her husband, and on 4th May 1 690,! re-married John
Nicholas, and was living in 171 6 at the date of her daughter
Frances' will.) Their issue were seven children, four sons and
four daughters.
I. Sheldon Mervyn, the eldest son, was eleven years old at the Visita-
tion of 1677. He inherited the Manston Estate, which he sold to Peter
Walter, of Stalbridge, and afterwards resided at Hanley in the county of
Dorset, where he died unmarried 6 December 1734, and was biuied at
Pertwood.} His will § was dated 3 Dec. 1725, and proved in London
II March, i734«
n. Edward Mervyn, the second son, mentioned in Visitation 1677, and in
Pedigree of 1 801, died unmarried in 17 16.
in. John Mervyn, baptized at St. Martin's, SaHsbury, 26 Dec. 1667. ||
IV. John Mervyn, (after referred to) fourth son.
1. Frances, the eldest daughter of Edward Mervyn and Frances Sheldon,
was living in 1725. She died immarried, leaving a will § dated 28 June
17 16, by which she appointed her brother Sheldon residuary legatee
and sole executor. Administration of the effects of the testatrix, unad-
ministered by the executor, was granted by the Archdeaconry Court of
Dorset to her sister Mary Pouldon, then of Stalbridge co. Dorset, widow,
on 3 November 1737.
2. Mary, the second daughter, bom in 1673, married at Manston, 11 February
1703, Richard Pouldon, of Hanley in the county of Dorset, but had no
issue. She survived her husband, and resided at Ringwood co. Southampton.
She died 27 March 1747, aged 74,^ and was buried at Pertwood. Her will,
dated 6 Oct. 1744^ was proved 5 May 1747.**
3. Ann, the third daughter, married the Reverend John Tripsack, whom
she survived, and is recorded in the pedigree Coll, Arms i8oi,tt as
having had issue two sons, one of whom, Henry Tripsack, is a legatee
under the will of his aunt Frances Mervyn.
4. Elizabeth, the youngest daughter, was baptized at St. Martin s, Salisbury,
II Dec. 1680,11 and was livfng in 1725. She married Paget Walter, J{ the
* See Fed. 1801, Appendix IIL p. vi.
f Manston Par. Reg. : " M'- John Nicholas & M"- Frances Mervyn were manyed Maij 4**»- A<»- D*>*-
J 690."
J " Here lies the body of Sheldon Mervin, son of Edward Mervin, Esq., and Frances his wife, sole
daughter and heiress of Francis Sheldon, Esq"- of Manston in the county of Dorset, who departed this life
December the 6'*» 1734, in the 68th ye^ar of his age." {Monumental Inscrip, Pertwood Church.)
§ See Abstract of the Will, Appendix 111., p. viii.
II Par. Reg. St. Martin's, Salisbury, Appendix III., p. x.
\ Monumental Inscrip. Pertioood Church : — " Here lies the body of Mrs. Mary Pouldon, relict of
•' Richard Pouldon, Esq., and sister of Sheldon Mervin, Esq., who died 27 March 1747, aged 74."
*• See Abstract of the Will, Appendix III., p. viii.
ft It is somewhat remarkable that Frances Mervyn in her will of 1716 refers to Mrs. Pouldon and
Mrs. Walter as her " sisters," but describes Mrs. Anne Tripsack as her " sister-in-law."
XX For particulars of the Stalbridge Estate (the original house on which was built by Mervyn Earl of
Castlehaven) and the Walter family, see Hutchin^s Hist, of Dorsetshire^ Lond. 1813, vol. iii., p. 239.
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only child of Peter Walter* (who bought the Manston Estate from her brother
Sheldon). Mr. Paget Walter died in his father's lifetime, leaving by his wife,
Elizabeth Mervyn, 3 sons,t Peter, b. 17 15, Edward, and Sheldon, b. 1721
(neither of whom left male issue), and four daughters, viz.: — Jane (of whom
hereafter), Diana, bom 17 14, mamed George Anne Buckett, Mary, who
died unmarried 1751, and Elizabeth, bom 17 19, who mamed Matthew
West, J of Cranbome.
Edward Walter, the second son of Elizabeth Mervyn and Paget
Walter, who was bom in 1727, and died in 1780, left (by his wife
Hariot, 2nd daughter of George, 5th Baron Forester), a daughter
and heiress, Harriot Walter, who married James Bucknall, 3**
Viscount Grimston, created Baron Verulam, the grandfather of
JAMES WALTER, 2"** EARL of VERULAM, born in 1809, and
now (1873) ^-^7'/^.
Jane Walter, the eldest daughter of Paget Walter and EHzabeth Mervyn,
(who is mentioned in her aunt Frances Merv)Ti's will, 171 6), was
bom in 17 10, and died in 1801 at the advanced age of 91, having
married (at Hanley, i Oct., 1741) William Coles, of Salisbury, by
whom she was mother of Jane Coles,§ an only child, who was bom at
Hanley, in 1744, and married in Salisbury Cathedral 16 Sep. 1766,
to Thomas Hutchings, of Sherbome, Dorset, who took the name of
Medlvcott, by whom she was grandmother of Sir WILLIAM
COLES MEDLYCOTT, Bart., of Ven House, Sherbome, bora in
1806, and now (1873") living.
JOHN MERVYN, the fourth son of Edwarfi Mervyn and Frances Sheldon,
settled at Sturminster Newton Castle co. Dorset. He was baptized at St. Martin's
church, Salisbury 4th May 1679,11 and buried at Manston, 18 May I733,ir having
married BRIDGETT DARLING (who was also buried at Manston, on 29 January
1734 1); their issue being one son and two daughters.
L The Rev. Edward Mervyn, sometime Fellow Commoner of Balliol
College, Oxford, admitted 15 Feb. 1728,** and became B.A.
17 Jan. 1 731. He had a living in ^Somersetshire, where he
married, but died without issue in the lifetime of his father. {^Ped.
ColL Arm. 1801.)
* Of whom Pope wrote —
" What's property, dear Swift? you see it alter
From you to me, from me to Peter Walter."
See some notes on the Walter family in " The Herald and Genealogist ^^^ vol. viii, p. I.
t The Mervyn Pedigree of i8oi (Appendix III., p. vi.) states that there were three children of the
marriage between Paget Walter and Elizabeth Mervyn, "one son and two daughters," but from the
pedigree furnished to me by Sir W. C. Medlycott the above statement would appear to be accurate.
% Sir W. C. Medlycott informs me that there were issue of this marriage, a son. Rev. Edward
Mathew West of Bradford co. Dorset, who married Ann Coates, and had issue, the Rev. Edward Walter
West, Vicar of Milbome Port; the Rev. Mervyn West; Capt. Henry West, R.N.; and four daughters, of
whom two (Harriet and Ann) died at Milborne Port, unmanied.
§ Mrs. Jane Medlycott was much interested in tlie history of the Mervyn family, and corresponded
on the subject with my venerable friend, the late Mrs. Dorothy Mervyn of Ashford, Devon. I have now
before me, one of Mrs. Medlycott's letters to Mrs. Mervyn, in which she gives several family particulars.
The letter was written from Bath, where she then resided, in May 1823, just a year before her death at the
advanced age of 79.
II Par. r^. St. Martin's Salisbury, Appendix III., p. x.
\ "John Mervin (of) Sturminster Newton Castle (buried) May i8th 1733." "Bridget Mervyn (of)
Sturminster Newton Castle (buried) Jan'y- 29 1734." ( Extracted from Par. Registers of Manston.)
•• Ex. rel. Robert Scott, Master of Balliol, in letter to Sir H. M. Vavasour, 12 Nov. 1864.
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I. BIDDY, the elder of the two daughters, (and on their brother's death,
co-heirs of their father,) married f at Sturminster Newton
Castle, 14 April 1735, Henry NOOTH, eldest son of the
Reverend James Nooth, Prebendary of Wells Cathedral. She
died in 17 69, J and was buried at Manston. Mr. Nooth survived
her, and was buried at Dorchester in 1784. Henry Nooth and
Bridget Mervyn had with other issue§
I. John Mervyn Nooth, M.D., baptized at Sturminster
Newton Castle, 5 Sep. 1737. In 1801, he verified by
his signed attestation the accuracy of the pedigree
registered in the College of Arms in that year.|| He was
at that time residing at Quebec, but he subsequently
settled at Bath, where in 1807 he married the widow of
Mr. WiLFORD, by whom he had no issue. IF
II. Henry Nooth, the second son, bom at Sturminster
Newton Castle, i June 1741, was Lieut-Colonel 4***
Dragoon Guards. He married in 1766, at Fulham, co.
Middlesex, Anne Assheton, the eldest daughter and co-
heir of Mail or MaghuU Yates, of Spaldington, co. York,
by his wife Elizabeth Trafford,** and in 1791 took, by
royal licence, the name and arms of Vavasour, in pursu-
ance of the will of his wife's ancestor, Thomas Vavasour,
of Spaldington.1[ In 180 1 he was created a Baronet, died
15 March 1813, and was buried in the family vault at
Bubwith, CO. York, on the 22nd of the same month-
Anne Lady Vavasour survived her husband Sir Henry,
and died at York 9th January 18 18, and was also buried
at Bubwith. The issue of the marriage were two sons.**
I. Edmund Trafford Nooth,** bom at Chippenham,
14th February 1766, was a Captain in Ae 76th
Regt. of Foot, and died at Calcutta, 5th Nov.
1796, unmarried.
II. Sir Henry Maghull Mervin Vavasour, who
was bom 19 July 1767, and baptized at Blandford,
18 Aug. 1767.** He succeeded as 2"^ Baronet on
the death of his father in 1 8 1 3, having previously
married, in Dublin on 14 July 1807, Anne, elder
daughter of William Vavasour, of Dublin, L.L.D.,
the representative of the Vavasours of Spaldington
in the male line. Sir Henry, who entered the army
* The Arms here given as those of Nooth are inserted on the authority of Sir H. M. Vavasour, who
states that he has in his possession evidence that the Coat was borne by his grandfather, Lt-CoL Heniy
Nooth, previous to his taking the name and arms of Vavasour.
t The statements as to the descendants of the marriage between Bridget Mervyn and Henry Nooth
have been supplied to me by their great-grandson, Sir Henry Mervin Vavasour, Bart., who has inherited
from his grandmother, Anne Assheton Lady Vavasour, a taste for genealogical researches. Lady Vavasour,
between the years 1780 and 1818, collected with great care information connected with her own and her
husband's families. The notes so collected form two Ms. volumes, the contents of which, so fiax as they
bear upon the Mervyn connection, have been courteously placed at my disposal by Sir Henry in addition
to the materials which he has himself collected in dontinuation of Lady Vavasour*s compilation.
t "Biddy Nooth (of) Sturminster Newton (buried) Oct 4th 1769." (Extracted from Par. Reg.
Manston, )
§ See Pedigrees, Appendix IH., pp. ii. and vi.
II See Appendix HI., p. vi.
% Ex rfl*' Sir H. M. Vavasour, B*-
** See Pedigree Ms, Coll Arms D, lAtpp* 12, 13, verified in 1787 by Elizabeth Yates (dee Trafford)
and Anne Assheton Nooth (n^e Yates.)
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as Comet in the Horse Grenadier Guards March
1 783, attained the rank of a Lieutenant-General,
and was an active Magistrate for East Yorkshire,
and an eminent agriculturist. He died 4*** January
1 838, and was buried at Bubwith. Lady Vavasour
who survived her husband, died 7th June 1845,
and was buried at Netherex co« Devon. The issue
of the marriage of Sir H. M. M. Vavasour and
Anne Vavasour, livir^ in 1873, are an only son
and three daughters* viz*-
L Sir HENRY MERVYN VAVASOUR of Spald-
ington CO. York, 3** Baronet, who was bom 17
June 1 81 4, at Melbourne Hall in the parish of
Thomton, in the East Riding of the county of
York, was for many years Major in the East York
Militia, and married 30 June 1853, at St. James's
Church Piccadilly co. Middlesex, the Honor-
able Louisa Anne Neville, second daughter of
Richard 3"* Baron Braybrooke, by whom he
has had issue.
1. Blanche, b. 6 June 1854, bapt. St
George's, Hanover Square, 9th, d. 14th,
and bur. at Littlebury co. Essex, 19th
July in the same year.
2. Constance, bom at Hatherton Hall co,
Stafford, 16 March 1856, baptized in the
ecclesiastical parish of Cannock in the
same county 11 April 1856 \ living 1873.
1. Anna Mervynia, bom 11 September 181 2, at
Elvington Hall in the East Riding co. York,
and married in 1839, at Monkstown, co. Dublin,
the Reverend Joseph Dunnington, M.A., of
Thicket Priory in Uie East Riding, co. York,
who has taken the name of Jefferson, and has
issue, liviftg 1873, three sons and three daughters.
2. Caroline Susan, bom 21 July 1816, at Melboume
Hall, and married, firstly at St. George's,
Hanover Square in 1841, her cousin William
Thomas Vavasour, only son of the Reverend
Richard Frederick Vavasour, Rector of Stow co.
Gloucester; and secondly, at Bath, in 1868, the
Reverend William Wiggin, now (1873) Rector
of Hampnett, also in the county of Gloucester,
//w>4f 1873.
3. Emma Matilda, bom 26 Sep. 1818, at Melboume
Hall, married in 1852 at Brompton, in the
North Riding co. York, Whitehall Dod, of
Llannerch Park co. Denbigh, (only child of John
Whitehall Dod, of Cloverley, M.P. for North
Shropshire,) both living 1873, but without issue.
in. James Nooth, baptized at Sturmmster Newton Castle, 28th
September 1744, and living at Bath in 1801 ; he married
Elizabeth, dai^hter of Bindley, sometime one of the
* Exre^.Six H. M. Vavasour, Bt.
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Barons of the Cinque Ports. She was living in 1 792. The issue of
the marriage were one son and one daughter.
I. Henry Stephen Nooth, baptized at Bath, 22 June
1795. Died s.p.*
I. Charlotte, bom 15 April 1733, baptized at Dorchester.
Died unm.*
rV. Edward Nooth, bom at Sturminster Newton Castle, ;8 May
1747, and died at Verdun unmarried in 1767.
I. Mary, baptized at Sturminster Newton Castle, 13 January 1743, married
John James, of Bristol. She died and was buried at Bristol, leaving
one son.
I. John Mervyn James, mentioned in will of Robert
Prower,t (1792).
2. FRANCES MERVYN, second daughter and co-heir of John Mervyn and
Bridgett Darling, married J Robert PROWER, of Cranbome, co. Dorset,
surgeon, who, in 1786, obtained the diploma of M.D. from the University of
Aberdeen. She died 9*** January i789,§ and was buried at Cranbome,
as was also her husband, who died on 30 August, i793,§ aged 68, having
made a will dated 31 August 1792.! The surviving issue of the marriagej
were three children, one son and two daughters.
I. The Rev. John Prower, after mentioned, bom Nov. 7
1 747, baptized at Sturminster Newton, 16 March lysi.lT
1. Fanny, born Sept loth, 1746, baptized at Sturminster
Newton, 16 March, 1 751, IT married to the Rev. Henry
RiGBY, also after mentioned.
2. Biddy or Bridget, baptized at Cranbome, 2 Oct. 1755;
and married in 1 788 to the Rev.William Storey, as after
mentioned.
* Ex rel'- Major Prower.
{See Abstract of the will Appendix III., p. viii.
I have been unable to trace the place of marriage which apparently took place aboat 1745, and
is recorded (as is also the place and date of Mrs. Prower's death) in the pedigree registered in j8oi at the
College of Arms before mentioned (Appendix III., p. vi.); but in it Dr. Prower's christian name is, by
mistake, inscribed as ^^John " instead of ** Kobtrt;" his identity is, however, established by the statement
appended to his name **now Af.D." It will be seen by the text that Dr. Prower followed the profession
of a surgeon before he obtained his diploma as Doctor of Medicine.
§ Inscriptions on Monument in the Chancel of Cranbome Church: — "Near this place, in the vatilt
" of Robert Prower, M.D., are deposited the remains," " of Fanny Prower, wife of Robert Prower, M.D.
" She died the 9th January, 1789." "Of Robert Prower, M.D. He died the 30th of August, 1793."
The Parochial Registers of Burials at Cranbome contain the following entries viz, : — " Fraces (sic) Prower,
" aged {sic) of this Parish, wife of Robert Prower, M.D., was buried Jan. 17th 1789." " Registered
" Jan. 17th by me Henry Donne, Vicar." " Robert Prower, M.D., aged 68, of this parish, was buried
" Sept. 7th, 1793." " Registered by me H. Donne, Vicar."
II The particulars of the children of this marriage and of their descendants were furnished to me by
Major John Elton Mervin Prower, of Purton House, Wilts (Dr. Robert Prower's great grandson), and by
Miss Charlotte Sophia Story-Maskelyne, of Basset Down House, co. Wilts (the granddaughter of Biddy
Prower, who married the Reverend William Storey).
In the Registers of the parish of Sturminster Newton there is, as above shown, an entry of the
baptism, on the i6th March, 1751, of "William, son of Robert Prower, was bom 12 Febmary, 1750,"
and in the Cranbome baptismal registers there are the following entries: — ** Robert, of Robert
" Prqwer, Gent., Aug. 12, 1751." " Betty, of Mr. Robert Prower, Aug. 29, 1752." And " William, of
" Robert Prower, Gent, June 25, 1754," from which it would seem that there were other children ; but
Major Prower informs me that he never heanl his grandfather allude to them, and he considers that they
must have died in their infancy, a conclusion corroborated by the fact that Dr. Prower does not mention
them in his will.
^ Extracts from Baptismal Registers of the parish of Sturminster Nevtrton, co. Dorset, certified by
the Rev. R. Lowndes, Vicar, 1874; — " 1751, Mar. 16. Fanny, daughter, John and William, sons, of Mr.
" Robert Prower and Frances his wife. Baptisms for 1751. Fanny, daughter of Robert Prower, was bom
" Sept loth, 1746. John, son of Robt Prower, was bom Nov. 7, 1747. Wm., son of Robt. Prower, was
" bom 12 Febraary, 1750."
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I. The Rev^ John PROWER, M.A., Vicar of Purton, co, Wilts; b.
7 November 1747; collated to the living of Purton 22 Dec. 177 1,
mentioned in his fkther's will (1792) ; d. 29 November 1827, set. 80,
and buried at Purton.* He married, ist July 1777 at Great
Hallingbury, Essex, Anne, daughter of Christopher Ljpyeatt of
Marlborough, t who died 25 July 181 1, aged 64, and was also buried
at Purton.* By her he had tlu*ee children, two sons and one daughter.
I. John Mervin PROWER, b. 14 January 1784, baptat Purton,
7 March 1784;$ Honorary Canon of Bristol, December
1844 ; succeeded" his father as Vicar of Purton in February
1828, which preferment he held until his death on 2 April
1869.} He married at Purton, 20 September 1809, t
Susannah, only child § of John Coles,h of Codoxton
House, Neath, co Glamorgan, who died 15 Oct. 181 1,
aged 25 years, and was buried in S*- Michael's church at
Gloucester. The only issue of the marriage of John Mervin
Prower and Susannah Coles was : —
JOHN ELTON MERVIN PROWER, of Purton House,
b. II Oct., and bapt at St Michael's church,
Gloucester, 20 Oct. 181 1, formerly Captain in the
67th Regiment, and late Major in the Royal
Wilts Militia. Major Prower was High Sheriflf
of Wilts, 1862-3, ^^^ married 5 July 1844,
at Cookham, Berks, Harriet, daughter of William
Payn, of Kidwells, Maidenhead, by whom he has
had issue: —
I. Mervyn Prower, b. 2 May, and bapt. at
Purton, 6 June 1847, died at Oxford,
28 November 1867, from the effects of
injuries which he received in attempting
* Mon. Insc. Purttm Church-yard. ** Sacred to the memory of the Re>'**- John Prower, M.A., who
" died the 29th of November 1827, aged 80. For 56 years the hip^hly respected Vicar of this parish, endeared
" to his parishioners by an almost unequalled kindness of disposition and attention to their spiritual welfare.
" In this Vault likewise repose the remains of Anne his beloved wife daughter of Christopher Lipyeatt Esq.
" of Marlborough in this county. Most exemplary as a wife, mother and friend. She died the 25th July
" 1811 aged 64. And also those of their youngest son Thomas Prower Esqre. who died the 27th of October
" 1823, in the year of his age 37."
t The Lipyeatts were loi^ settled at Marlborough, of which town Christopher Lipyeatt was Mayor
in 1674. Jonathan Lipyeatt, the last male of the name now living, resides at the Hermitage, Dawlish,
with an unmarried granddaughter, the sole survivor of the family. — Ex rel'- Major Prower.
\ Extracts from Purton Parochial Registers : —
Baptisms 1 784. " John Mervin, son of Reverend John, and Ann Prower, privately baptized 7 March
" 1784, and publicly baptized October 23." Signed " J. Prower, Vicar." Marriages 1809. " No. 318."
" John Mervin Prower, of the Pansh of " Quatt, in the county of Salop, and Susannah Coles of this parish ;
" married in this church by license this 20th day of September, in the year 1809, by me John Prower,
** Vicar." Bitrials 1869. " John Mervin Prower (Vicar) Purton, April 7, age 85. Resident Vicar
" of this parish for 41 ^ years."
§ Mon, Insc, Purton Churchyard. — ** Sacred to the memory of the Rev<*-' John Mervin Prower, son of the
Rev<*« John Prower, Honorary Canon of Bristol, and 41 years Vicar of this Parish. He died April 2nd 1869,
aged 05. Also to the memory of Susan his wife, only child of John Coles, Esq., of Codoxton House,
Glamorganshire. She died Oct. 15 181 1, aged 25, and is buried in S*- Michael's Church, Gloucester."
II The family of Coles were seated at Thrupp, near Faringdon, co. Berks, in which church there
are some monumental records, — ^John Coles was married on 12th Dec. 1785, at the parish church of
Newent, co. Gloucester, to Susan Elton, sister to John Elton, of Newent, the last male representative of
the ancient family of Elton, of the Hazles, co. Hereford. On the deaths of Jolm Elton (at Gloucester)
without issue, and of Elizabeth Elton his unmarried sister, Major John Elton Mervin Prower became the
heir-at-law of his uncle, and inherited his property, other than the Herefordshire estate which he had sold
in his lifetime. Monumental records of members of the Elton family will be found in the churches of
Ledbury and Newent, and in the Cathedral at Gloucester. Ex reU- Major Prower.
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to rescue a fellow collegian in a " Town
and Gown" Riot A monumental slab
of black marble to his memory was placed
by his fellow collegians on the wall of the
Chapel of Brasenose College, bearing the
following inscription : —
** In Memoriam Mervyn Prower hujus
" Collegii olim Commensalis, qui vicesimo
" aetatis anno, inter tumultum plebis a.d.
" 9th November 1867 laesus, a.d. Kal. Dec.
" obdormivit. " Hoc desiderii sui virtutumque
'* ejus Monumentum ponendum curaverunt
** sequales. Requiescat in pace/'
He was buried at Purton, 4 December
1867.
II. John Elton Prower, b. i i Oct., bapt. at
Purton, 14 Nov. 1852; living 1873.
HI. Nelson Prower, b. 7 Nov., bapt. at Purton,
14 Dec'- 1856 ; living 1873.
1. Maude, b. 2 July, bapt at Purton, 30 July
1854 ; living 1873.
2. Marion, b. 5 January, bapt. at Purton,
24 April 1859 ; living 1873.
3. Beatrice, b. 3 Feb., bapt at Purton,
3 July i860 ; living 1873.
II. Thomas Prower, b. 27 April 1786; was in early life a
Surgeon in the Royal Navy, and d. unm. 27 October
1823 ; he was buried at Purton,* i November 1823.
I. ANNE,t b. January 1779, bapt at Purton on the 18th
of the same month, d. 7 th, and buried at Purton 12 th
April 1834, having married (30 Oct 1810 at Purton,)
Robert IsHERWooD,t of Highgate co. Middlesex, and
Doctors' Commons, who was b. about 1781, died 14th,
and bur. at Purton 22nd July 1837, aged 56, leaving one
child
Anna, who was married at St Michael's Church,
Highgate 2 September 1837, to Harry Chester
(son of Sir Robert Chester, Kn*- Master of the
Ceremonies at S** James's), Clerk of the Privy
Council, and Chief Secretary of the Educational
Department, who died 5 October 1868, aged 62 ;
and was buried at S*- Margaret's, Westminster.
Mrs. Chester died at the age of 40 years, and was
buried i January 1855, at the cemetery of
S*- James's, Highgate. The issue of the marriage
were two sons and three daughters, viz. :
I. Harry Chester.
II. Mervin Chester.
1. Anna.
2. DULCIBELLA.
3. Caroline, living 1873 unm.
I. Fanny, dau. of Robert Prower and Frances Mervyn, mentioned in
her father's will (1792), was b. (her age is not correctly stated in
♦ Mon. Insc Vide note ante, p. 55.
t Mr. and Mrs. Isherwood were both buried in the Prower Vault in Purton Churchyard.
All died under age
and unmarried.
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her burial certificate*) loth Sept 1746, and m. the Reverend Henry
RiGBY, Vicar of Hockley and Prebendary of Salisbury, whom she
survived. Mrs. Rigby died at Salisbury, the 7 th and was buried at
Cranboume,* 14th March 1827, aged S2, having had issue, one child
Harriet, who died unm. 13 August 181 6, and was buried
at Cranbourne,* aged 40.
2. Biddy, dau. of Robert Prower and Frances Mervyn, bom at
Cranboume and baptized there 2nd October i7SSit is mentioned
in her father's will (1792). She was married at Hinton Martell
ca Dorset, 8 January 1788,$ to the Reverend William Storey§
Rector of that parish, and subsequently also (1793) Rector of West
Purley in the same county, MA. of Wadham College, Oxford, who
died I St October 1797, and was buried at Cranboume,|| as was
also his wife, who survived him, and was buried 26th May 1827.
The issue of the marriage was an only son.
Anthony Mervin Reeve Story-Maskelyne, (b. 8 May
1791, and bapt at Hinton Martell on 16 July following,) of
Basset Down House, Salthrope Lodge, and Lydiard
Manor, co. Wilts; Horfield Court, co. Gloucester; and
Glenusk, co. Brecon. He was educated at Wadham
College, Oxford, where in 18 11 he graduated with honors
as double first in classics and mathematics, and was
called to the bar in Michaelmas Term 18 16. Mr. Story
(who adopted the original spelling of his patronymic)
assumed the name of Maskelyne in 1845. He married
at S^ George's, Hanover Square on 22"* November 1819,
MARGARETjthe Only child of the Rev* Nevil MASKELYNE,of
Basset Down House and Purton, D.D., F.R.S., Astronomer
Royal, Fellow of Trinity Coll. Cambridge, and Rector
of North Runcton co. Norfolk II Mrs. Story-Maskelyne
• Inscriptions on Monument in the Chancel of Cranboume Church: — "Near this place, in the
" vault of Robert Prower, M.D , are deposited the remains" "Of Harriet Rigby, grand-daughter of Robert
" Prower, M.D. She died the 13th of August 1816." " Of Fanny, widow of Henry Rigby and daughter
" of Robert Prower, M.D. She died 6th March 1827." The entry of Mrs. Rigby's burial in the parish
R^;isters of Cranboume states her age to have been 82. (She was in fact in her 8ist year.)
t Cranboume par. rasters.
X Hinton Martell, par. roisters.
§ Mr. William Storey [originally spelt Story], bom 15 July 1734, and baptized at Holywell church
Oxford* was the youngest, but only son who left issue, of Robert Story, of Oxford, formerly of Know,
in the parishes of Aruuret and Kirkandrews on £sk, co. Cumberland, who was bom i May 1681, and
bapt. at Kirkandrews, where, on the 10 October 17 13, he married Margaret Johnston, and dying on
13 April 1751. was buried, (as was subsequently his widow, Margaret,) at Holjrwell. This latter Robert
Story was the son of another Robert Story of Know, and grandson of yet another Robert Story of the same
place, who was the son of Herbert Story, also of Know, and Sybil his wife, who were respectively buried at
Arthnret ; Herbert Story, on 8 Oct 1027, and his widow Sybil, on 27 Dec. 1635. Ex relatione^ Miss
Charlotte Story-Maskelyne, 1873.
I Inscrifiion on Monument in the Chancel of Cranbourne Church : — " Near this place, in the vault
•* of Robert Prower, M.D., are deposited the remains" "Of the Rev*- William Storey, A.M. He died
" the 1st of Oct. 1797."
% Dr. Maskelyne was b. 16 October 1732, and d. 9 Feb. 181 1 (bur. in the Maskelyne family
vault at Purton), having married (21 August 1784, at St. Andrew's Holbom,) Sophia, one of the two
daughters and co-heirs, (and, on the death without issue, 10 Sept. 1823, of her sister Laetitia, widow of
Sir George Booth, Bart,) the sole heir of John Pate Rose, of Cotterstock Hall, co. Northampton, who
d. 3 Nov. 1758. Dr. Maskelyne was the yoimgest (but only son having issue), of Edmund Maskelyne of
Purton. bjr his wife Elizabeth, only child of John Booth of Woodford, bv Elizabeth his ^dfe, daughter and
co-heir 01 Edward Projer, of Hampton Court, of West owe Hall, co. Norfolk, and of Gwemay, co. Monmouth,
Equerry to King Charles II. [There are still existing at Basset Down many letters written and addressed
by Charles I. and by Charles II., and the other children of Charles I., to this Edward Projer]. The before-
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was bom 20 June 1787, bapt. at the Old Church
Greenwich; died, 15 February 1858, and was buried at
Purton, leaving two sons and four daughters, all of whom
are now (1873) livings viz. : —
I. Mervin Herbert Nevil Story-Maskelyne,
F.R.S., bom 3 September 1823, baptized at
Lydiard Tregoze, Honorary Fellow of Wadham
College, Oxford, where he was educated. He
graduated with honors, May 1845, ^^^ proceeded
M.A. in 1849 ; Professor of Mineralogy to the
University of Oxford, and Keeper of the Mineral
Department of the British Museum; Deputy-
Lieut, for the county of Brecon, was married on
29 June 1858, at Gorseinon church, Uangyve-
lach CO. Glamorgan, to Thereza Mary, eldest
daughter of John Dillwjm Llewelyn, of Penller-
gare co. Glamorgan, of which marriage there are
issue, three daughters, all now (1873) livif^,
viz. : —
1. Margaret Emma, b. i April 1859,
bapt. at St James's, Paddington.
2. Mary Lucy, b. 8 June 1861, bapt at
St. James's, Paddington.
3. Thereza Charlotte, b. 3 June 1863,
bapt at St James's, Paddington.
IL Edmund Mervin Booth Story-Maskelyne, b.
23 April 1829, bapt at Lydiard Tregoze; gra-
duated B.A. of Wadham College, Oxford, in
March 1853 ; called to the Bar in March
1 861; married 25 October i860, at S^ James's
Church Piccadilly, London, Martha Banger,
daughter of Thomas Russell, of Beaminster co.
Dorset, and has issue, a son and daughter, both
now (1873) livingy viz.: —
I. Anthony S"^- John Story-Maskelyne,
b. 31 July 1 86 1, bapt at Purton
church, CO. Wilts, September 1861.
I. Agnes Mary, b. 22 March 1870, bapt
at St Stephen's Paddington.
1. Charlotte Sophia, b. 19 March 1822, bapt at
Purton church, living 1873.
2. Margaret Mervinia, b. 20 Dec 1824, and bapt.
at Lydiard Tregoze, where she married, on 25
named John Booth of Woodford was the grandson and lineal representative of Sir John Booth, Knt,
(second son of Sir George Booth, created a Bart. 161 1,) who married Dorothy St. John, the only child
of Sir Anthony St. John fourth son of Oliver fourth Baron St. John of Bletshoe, created Earl of Boling-
broke 1644. The family of Maskelyne has long been settled in Purton, holding lands there and in
Lydiard, co. Wilts. Dr. Maskelyne is the lineal male descendant of Robert Masklyn of Purton
and Lydiard, through intermarriages (among others) with the following families, namely, Shackstaff of
Lydiard; Stevens of Burderope; Richmond Webb of Lydiard Manor; Davys of Little Mittoti co.
Worcester ; Norden of Roude co. Wilts ; Houblon, of London ; Bath of Purton, ; and Booth of Woodford.
Ex rele, Edm. Mervyn Booth Story-Maskelyne, 1873. There was a Pedigree of the Maskelyne family
registered at the Herald's Visitation of Wiltshire in 1623 when their Arms were recorded, viz. — Sable a
ft'ss entailed Or, between 3 Escalop Shells argent. Crest, A demy lyon sable holding between the paws an
escalop shell argent. (See Ms. Coll. Arm. I C 22 /. 106. )
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April 1S4S9 the Revd. Thomas Masterman,
M.A. of Wadham College Oxford, Incumbent
of Headington Quarry Oxford, (son of the late
John Masterman, M.P. for the City of London.)
He died 22 Sept 1856, and was bur. in the
cemetery at Torquay. The issue of the
marriage were two sons and a daughter, all
living in 1873, viz. : —
I. John Story Masterman, b. 14 July,
bapL at St Leonard's Wallingford, 10
Sept. 1849 ; Fellow of Brasenose Col-
lege Oxford, where he graduated B.A.
with honors, first in classics in December
1872.
IL Nevil Masterman, h. 13 July 185 1,
bapt at Garsington church Oxford, 22
February 1852 ; Exhibitioner of Corpus
College, Oxford.
I. MiJiGARET Eliza, b. 20 August, bapt.
at Upton church Torquay, 21 Sept
1855.
Anna Maria Antonia, b. 3 April 1827, bapt at
Lydiard Tregoze, married, 9 April 1864, at St.
James's, Piccadilly, Warrington Wilkinson
Smyth, F.R.S., M.A., of Trinity College Cam-
bridge, Knight of the Italian Order of S.S*
Maurizio and Lazzaro, and of the Portuguese
Order of Jesus Christ; eldest son of the late
Admiral William Henry Smyth, F.R.S., by his
marriage with Anne, only child of Thomas
Warrington, of Naples. There are issue of
the marriage, /ivifig 1873, ^^ sons, viz. : —
I. Herbert Warrington Smyth, b.
4 June 1867, bapt. at St Andrew's
church Pimlico.
II. Neville Maskelyne Smyth, b. 14
August i868, bapt at St Andrew's
Pimlico.
Agnes Lucy Meta, b. 3 November 1830, bapt. at
Lydiard Tregoze, livifig 1873.
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CORRIGENDA AND ADDENDA.
DEVONSHIRE BRANCH.
For ' Bourchier' read " Bouchier," pp. 66, 67, 68. Add following note at p. 66 :—
" Dr Thomas Bouchier, being then a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, was in 1678
" elected Principal of St. Alban's Hall, an appointment he held until his death in 1723. He was
" Commissary of the Archbishop of Canterbury and Archdeacon of Lewes, and died m May 1723,
" aired 80, at Hanborow, co. Sussex, where he was buried. He was succeeded as Principal of
" ^ \lban's by his eldest son James Bouchier, LL.D., of whom a portrait exists in the dmmg-room
" of the Rev. William Charles Salter, the present (1873) Principal (See Anthony Wood's Ath. Ox.)."
Description of the Bouchier Arms, Appendix IV., p. iv should stand thus—
" Mervin as above, impaling [Azure] a chev. [Ermine] between 3 [Leopards passant or] for
" Bouchier."
The first connection of the name of Mervyn with the county of Devon, of which I have
a note, dates from the 19th Henry viii. (1527-8), when Edmund or Edward Mervyn
held the office of Steward or Surveyor to the Lady of the Manor (Countess of Hastings)
of Stokenham.
I have not been able to trace who this Edmund or Edward Mervyn was, or to
connect him with the Wiltshire family, the first member of which, who settled in Devon-
shire, was the Rev. Richard Mervyn, D.D., son of George Mervyn of Pertwood.*
Dr. Mervyn was a Church Dignitary, and appears to have had some Court influence, as he
held in 1639 ^^e Crown living of Throwleigh, in the county of Devon, and the same
patronage obtained for him four years later, the appointment of Canon of Exeter Cathedral,
of which he subsequently became the Chancellor.
Dr. Merv)m acquired landed property in Devonshire which descended to his grand-
son Richard Mervyn, who in addition, purchased an estate in the parish of Marwood, near
Barnstaple, where he settled, and by whose lineal descendants it is now (1873) held.
The name of Mervyn in Devonshire became extinct, on the death in 1835 of the venerable
Mrs. Dorothy Mervyn, a memoir of whom will be found in the following pages.
RICHARD MERVYN, jDJD., the third son of George Mervyn and his wife
Elizabeth Ryves, was bom in 1600 at Upton in East Knoyle, where his father resided.
He was baptized in the parish church theref on the 18 Dec. 1600, and is recorded in the
Visitation of Wilts of 1623,$ as being then twenty-three years old. Dr. Mervyn's first
Church preferment would appear to have been in 1631, when he was nominated to the
Rectory of Pertwood by his uncle Thomas Mervyn (in whose will (1632) he is mentioned) ;§
he subsequently, in 1639 ('5 Nov.) was inducted Rector of Throwleigh on the presenta-
tion of the King. He occurs as Prebendary of the Cathedral Church of Exeter in the
year 1634 in the room of Thomas CHfford, and in the year 1643, being then B.D., was
elected Residentiary Canon of the Cathedral on the death of Archdeacon Helliar, under
a mandate from Charles I. (still preserved in the family, ||) from which it appears
that all or most of the houses belonging to the Cathedral had been leased out by the Dean
and Chapter, and in order that there might be no hindrance to the election of the
King's nominee on the plea of there not being any residence available for him, the
mandate made it a condition that " the sayd Richard Mervine doe, att or before the
• See Ante, p. 47 + East Knoyle par. reg. Appendix III., p. ix.
t See Appendix III., p. iv. § See Abstract of the Will, Appendix III., p. vii.
II See copy Appendix IV., p. xi.
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" tyme of his Residence, provide himself of a convenient House wherein to keepe
" Hospitality and reside."
In 1644 Dr. Mervyn was (on the death of the Rev. John Hussey) admitted and
inducted Vicar of Okehampton,* of which living he was subsequently dispossessed under
the Ordinance against Pluralities; and in the following year, 1645, h^» being then still
Vicar of Okehampton, was summoned by the Prince of Wales (afterwards Charles II.) to
attend him at his Court at Launceston. The Summonst was in the following terms : —
" After our hearty comendacons Whereas we sliall allwayes endeavo' and shall esteeme
" it y* greatest ornament and support of our Court and Campe to have about Us y* most
" Vertuous and able men of all Professions and Condicons, but especially of Divines, by
" whose good examples and preaching y* rest may be reformed and made better. These
" are therefore (being informed that you are a Grave, Learned, and Orthodoxe Divine) to
" desire & require you for y« purpose aforesaid to give yo' attendance upon Vs for some
" tyme, sifter which we shall dismisse you to yo' other occassions. And so we bid yo* heartily
" Farewell. Given at Our Court at Lanceston y* i"* of February, 1645.
" Charles P.
" To Mr. Richard Mervin,
" Batchelo' in Divinity,
'* at Okehampton or elsewhere."
In June, 1660,$ the Chancellorship of the Cathedral of Exeter being vacant,
Mr. Mervyn petitioned for the appointment, and his application, which was successful, was
backed by (amongst others) Dr. Lawrence Bumell and Dr. Sheldon, and in September of
that year he was installed (Chancellor of the Cathedral, an office he held until his death.
In 1 66 1 (May 6) Dr. Mervyn was (on the resignation of the Revd. Richard Newte)
admitted Rector of Heanton Punchardon, a Uving in the gift of Arthur Bassett, of
Heanton Court, which he also held up to the time of his death, and in which, as will after
be seen, he was succeeded by his fourth son, William Mervyn. In 1661 (July 3) he was
admitted D.D. of Exeter College, Oxford.
In January i66f there appears to have been some recusancy on the part of the
Dean and Chapter of Exeter in not compljdng with a desire of the Crown " to accom-
" modate Dr. Cotton with the lease of Staverton,'* and Dr. Mervyn and Dr. Jonas Smith
attended in London to give explanations ; but apparently they were in no mind to remain
there longer than necessary, for I find that Secretary Burnet wrote complaining that they
did not stay " until the reports of their statements were made to His Majesty, whereby he
" might end the matter," and they were commanded to return, and the Dean and Chapter
were at the same time warned not to seal (which apparently they were about to do,) the
Agreement contrary to the wishes of the Crown, until the King had heard the whole
business. The learned Divines do not seem to have had any desire to return to the
Metropolis ; for in reply to the summons they, whilst professing their willingness to obey
the King's summons, pleaded that their attendance at the Church during the then approaching
Visitation was necessary, adding the expression of their hope that the weather and their
age mighf be accepted as their apology for their absence, and stating their willingness
to abide by and observe the report of the Referee.§ It does not appear that the
Chancellor was compelled to take the journey ; bat it may be assumed that the Dean
and Chapter gave effect to the King's wishes, whatever they might have been.
Dr. Mervyn married URSULA TRUST ; and although settled in Devonshire, he
retained some of his family property in Wiltshire, viz. : a Mansion house, gardens and
orchard, as also the Barton and Manor of East Knoyle, which he purchased from his
eldest brother John Mervyn of Pertwood.
By a settlement he . made in 1667, on the marriage of his eldest son George
Mervyn with his cousin Elizabeth Hayter, daughter of William Hayter, of Exeter, the
• Ex reU, Revd. C. W. H. Holley, Vicar of Okehampton, Oct. 1873.
f The original document is in my possession.
I Cal. State Papers, Dom. Series, Ch. II., Vol. vi., p. 8.
§ Cal. State Papers Dom. Series, Ch. 11.^ Vols. 65 and 68.
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Chancellor chaiged his barton or &nn of Upton, in the parish of East Knoyle, with
an annual rentcharge of jC6o*
Dr. Mervyn's Willt is dated loth September 1668, whereby, after making
provision for his wife Ursula, he disposed of his estates in Wiltshire, and the landed
property which he had acquired in Devonshire, to his sons Richard, Bernard, William,
Jonas and George.
The Chancellor died on 17th October 1669, ^^d 69 years, and was buried in
Exeter Cathedral, where, on a gravestone in the North Choir Aisle, his death is recorded. J
If his character is to be gathered from his epitaph, he was an honest, pious man,
versed in business as well as books, and steady and unmoveable to his God, Church,
and King.
His widow Ursula, survived her husband, and proved his will on the 29th November
1670, in conjunction with her son William Mervjn, with whom she resided at his Rectory
of Heanton Punchardon. She also (in 1681) proved the will of her son Bernard
(dat 1675), of which she was the executrix. She died at Heanton on the 24th October
1687, at ihe age of 74, and was buried in the chancel of that parish church. § Her
will II is dated 5th September 1687, and was proved in London loth March 1688.
The surviving children of Dr. Mervyn and his wife Ursula, were six^ in number : —
I. George Mervyn, of East Knoyle, who is described in his father's will (1668)
as his eldest son, married, in 1667, his cousin** Elizabeth Havter, the
daughter of William Hayter of Exeter, who appears to have predeceased
him, as in his will, dated 30th March 1675,! he does not refer to her, but
mentions his daughter, Ursula, to whom he devises the Upton rentcharge
settled by his father on his marriage. On his death, which occurred previous
to 22nd June 1680 (when probate of his will was granted by the P. C. Cant,
to Anna Hayter, widow), he left an only child : —
Ursula,, mentioned in the will of her uncle Bernard (1675); she
married John Newell of Barnstaple, and left issue a son and
daughter: —
I. George Newell, of Barnstaple, who in 1772 resettled the
Upton rentchaige of ;^6o per annum (created by Dr. Mervyn
as above stated) on himself for life, remainder to his sister
Elizabeth Newell, for life, with remainder to Dorothy and
Margaret Mervyn the two daughters and co-heiresses of John
Mervyn of Marwood.tt
I. EuzABETH Newell.
IL John Mervyn, mentioned in both his father's (1668) and mother's (1687)
wills. In the latter a direction is contained that his share under it should
be laid out in the purchase of an annuity for his life. He is also mentioned
in the wills of his brothers George (1675) ^^^ Bernard (1675.) He was buried
at Heanton 21st May 1729,^$ having married (probably about 1690) Jane
Prust,§§ who was also buried at Heanton 5th Oct. 1742,$$ and by whom
• This rentcharge was created by Indenture dated 20 July, 19 Ch. U. (1667) and is still payable
out of the Upton Farm. It is now O873) the property of John Mervin Cutdiffe Drake, Major in the Royal
Engineers, a lineal descendant of the Cliancellor.
I See Abstract of the WiU— Appendix IV., p. ix.
See Mon. Inscrip., Appendix IV. p. iii.
See Mon. Inscrip., Appendix IV. p. iii, and Heanton Par. Registers, p. vi.
See Abstract of tne Will, Appendix IV, p. x.
% In the registers of the parish of Okehampton there appears an entry under date i8th May, 1646,
of the baptism of a son, Richard, who would seem to have died young,
•* Dr. Mervyn's sister Melior had married John Hayter of Little Langford, co. Wilts. See ante
p. 47, and Visit. Wilts, 1623, Ms. Coll. Arms, " C 22," of, 23*. Appendix HI., p. iv.
' See post p. 70.
Heanton par. rcg. Appendix IV., pp. vi. and vii.
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he had issue John, b. and bapt. at Braunton, ist July 1691,* who died
unmarried, and two daughters, Ursula, b. i6th and bapt. at Braunton 26th
May 1695,* who was wife of . . . King of Hartland, and Jane, b. i8th Oct
and bapt at Braunton 7th Nov. 1699,* who married Jeremiah Langdon
of Heanton Punchardon.
III. Bernard Mervyn, mentioned in his father's will (i668).t His will J is
dated i Jan. 1675 ; proved in London by his mother 25 Feb. 1681. In it he
describes himself as a merchant, resident in the city of Lixa in Portugal
IV. The Rev. Wiluam Merwn, M.A. (of whom hereafter).
V. The Rev. Jonas Merwn, died ist December 1693, and was buried at
Heanton. § He is mentioned in both his father's and his mother's wills;
in the latter he is referred to as having at that time children. He is
also mentioned in his brother Bernard's will (1675). He married Margaret
[Billings of Cornwall], who survived him, and was party to a deed,
dated 3rd Dec. 1722, in which she is described as " of Barnstaple, Widdow
and Relict of Jonas Mervin, clerke, deceased." On his death he left two sons.
I. The Reverend Richard Mervyn of Barnstaple, the elder son, was
educated at Balliol Coll. Oxford, where he was admitted 7 th March
1696,11 and took his degree of RA. 17th Oct 1699. | He is
described in the Barnstaple Register of the burial of his son Richard
(1732) as Vicar of Buckland Brewer. He was party to the above
mentioned deed of 3rd Dec. 1722 and was buried at Barnstaple,
I April i74i,ir having had issue by his wife Margaret [Hunt],
who was living in 1722 : —
I. WilliamMervyn, bapt. at Bamstaple,ir 18 January 1709-10,
bur. there 10 Nov. 1710.II
II. Richard Mervyn, bapt at Barnstaple, 28 April 1710, bur.
there 12 Nov. 1732.11
I. Mary Mervyn, bapt at Barnstaple ist November I7i6,ir
bur. at Heanton 8th July 1747,** having married Charles
Marshall of Bamstaple,tt ^ho was b. 23 Nov. 1709,
and had issue : —
I. John Marshall, bapt. at Barnstaple, 3rd July
bur. there 19th Oct i735.ir
II. Charles Marshall of Barnstaple, bapt there
the authority of an old Ms. pedigree in my possession as executor of my aunt Frances Drake, confirmed
however, in part, by entries in the parochial registers of Braunton and Heanton. The particulars are
probably correct, as I find a memorandum in my aunt's handwriting stating that Jane Mervyn, daughter of
a John Mervyn, married [Jeremiah] Langdon of Heanton, by whom she was mother of fifteen children,
who all, except a son William Langdon, bapt. at Heanton, 22nd Feb. 1729, died young. This William
married Agnes Crocker of Appledore, and died without issue. The memorandum from which I quote
adds : — " Mrs. Langdon was always mentioned by the Mervyn family as * Cousin Lang,' and I nave
** heard my mother and aunt often speak of her, and remember when a little child being taken to Heanton
'• that she might see me."
The representatives of the Langdon family appear about ten years since to have been under an
impression that they were descendants of a Mervyn, which, however, was not the case, as my aunt's and
Mrs. Dorothy Mervyn's notes very cleariy show. The error seems to have arisen from the fact that Mrs. Jane
Langdon, n6e Mervyn, after her husband's death resided at Heanton with her daughter-in-law Agnes
[Crocker], who had, after her husband's (William Langdon) death, married His cousin, George Langdon,
from whom the present family of Langdon of Ashford descend.
• Braunton par. reg., Appendix IV., p. viii.
t In the Ms. Pedigree mentioned in the first preceding note, this Bernard is described as "a
Spanish Merchant" X See Abstract, Appendix IV., p. ix.
§ Heanton par. reg.. Appendix IV., p. vi, and Braunton par. registers, p. viii.
II Ex reL Robert Scott, Master of Balliol, in letter to Sir H. M. Vavasour, 12 Nov. 1864.
^ Barnstaple par. reg., Appendix IV., pp. vii and viii
*• Heanton par. reg., Appendix IV., p. viL ft See note p. 66.
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6 Aug. 1 741* (living 1 7 76), who married Sarah,
(daur. of William Bourchier of Minehead, by
Mary his wife, eldest daughter of Philip Syden-
ham of Lee House and Binham, co. Somerset,)
and had issue, an only daur.
Sarah Marshall, bapt. at Barnstaple, 21
January 1784,* d. 23 May 1866, unmarried.
1. Dorothy, bapt at Barnstaple, 30 March 1737,*
who married Lewis Gregory.
2. Margaret, bapL at Barnstaple, 17 June 1739,*
and married to Philip Sydenham of Barnstaple
(eldest son of Philip Sydenham also of Barn-
staple, by his wife Joan, only child and heir of
Jacob Scott of Littcott and Highbray Devon,
and grandson of Philip Sydenham of Lee House
above mentioned) by whom she had issue.
3. Mary.
II. The Rev. William Mervyn, who was bom in 1682. He was educated
at Exeter College, Oxford, and succeeded as Rector of the Clare
portion of Tiverton 13th May 1721, and died without issue on
17th Dec. 1759, being then Rector of Atherington, co. Devon, and
was buried in the chancel of that church.+ He married in November
1 7364 Dorothy, only surviving child and heiress of the Rev. Gawen
Hayman, of Southpool, co. Devon, who survived her husband.
VI. Richard Mervyn, the sixth son of Chancellor Mervyn, is described in his
father's will as his " youngest son." Special provision was made for him
by his mother's will, by which guardians were appointed, and he had only a
life-estate in his share of her property. He is also mentioned in his
brother Bernard's will (1675). He was bom in 1652, and died (aged 37)
on the 20th April 1689, at Heanton, where he was buried. §
The Rev. WILLIAM MERVYN, M.A., the fourth son of Dr. Mervyn and Ursula
his wife, was bom in 1642, and is mentioned in both his father's (1668) and mother's
(1687) wills, and in will of his brother Bernard (1675). He was
educated at Pembroke Hall, Oxford, and took Holy Orders;
graduated B.A. at Christ's Coll. Oxford, and took his degree
of M.A., I Feb. 1699, being then of Exeter College.) He
/ \f succeeded his father as Rector of Heanton Punchardon, to which
i / j^ \ living he was admitted (on the presentation of John Bassett of
Heanton Court) the 29th January 1669 (three months after his
father's death), and he held the preferment for forty-nine years,
until his death. On the death of his father-in-law Richard Newte
(1678) he succeeded, 15th Feb. 1678-9, to the Rectory of the
Clare portion of Tiverton. He died at Heanton (where he was
buried) on 2nd Nov. 17 19, at the age of seventy-seven years.lT
* Barnstaple par. reg.. Appendix IV., pp. vii. and \'iii.
t See Mon. Insc, Appendix IV., p. vi.
J The marriage settlement is dated 27 Nov. 1736. Mrs. Mervyn's father, the Reverend Gawen
Hayman died in 1739, and a licence was granted by the Vicar-General of the Bishop of Exeter, dated 6th
Feb. in that year, to Robert Spark e, Trustee for the Executrix of ^^r. Hayman, to erect a monument to his
memory in the chancel of the parish church of Southpoole. Mrs. Dorothy Hayman, widow, mother of
Mrs. Mervin, made her will dated 2nd February 1741, proved in the Bishop of Exeter's Court, 28 Sept
1747, leaving her daughter her residuary legatee.
't See Mon. Insc, Appendix IV., p. iii., and Heanton par. reg., p. vi.
£x rel, Robert Scott, Master of Balliol, in letter to Sir H. M. Vavasour, 12 Nov. 1864.
See Mon. Insc, Appendix IV., p. iv., and Heanton par. reg., p. vi.
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He married CHRISTIANA, the only surviving daughter of the Rev. Richard NEWTE,*
of Tiverton, co. Devon (by Thomasine, only daughter and heir of Humphrey Trobridge)
who died at Heanton, where she was buried, on 30th August 1695,! ^^ forty-six,
leaving issue, two sons and three daughters, viz. : —
I. Richard Merwn (of whom hereafter).
II. The Rev. William Mervyn, A.M. who was bom at Heanton, where he was
baptized 6th June 16 76. J He was of Exeter Coll., Oxford, where he took his
degree of B.A., 7 March 1704, and that of M.A^ 10 July 1708, and proceeded
B.D., 4 July, i7i9.§ He resided at Tawstock until he succeeded his
father as Rector of Heanton Punchardon, to which living he was admitted
22nd March 1 719, on the presentation of John Bassett of Heanton Court.
He married LvETItia, daughter of Dr. Thomas Bourchier, Professor of Law,
and Principal of St. Alban's Hall, Oxford, who died on the 13th, and was
buried at Heanton on the i6th May 1730, aged forty-three years.f Mr.
Mervyn survived his wife, and died 20th July 1744, aged sixty-seven, at
Heanton, where he was buried on the 22nd of the same mondi,"f having
had two children ; a son, Thomas Mervyn, and a daughter, Lastitia.
I. Thomas Mervyn, the son, was bom at Heanton, where he was
baptized on loth Nov. 1723.J He died unmarried ist June,
and was buried at Heanton, 3rd June 1742, aged ig,\
I. LiETiTiA Mervyn, the daughter, and at her father's death his
heiress, was married (2nd wife) 9th May 1752, in the
church of St. Michael Bath, to the Rev. John Marshall, ||
* A Biographical Notice of the Rev. Richard Newte appears in Prince's " Worthies of Devon "
{/o, ed^ 1 701, /. 476) ; the narrative being founded upon the statement of his son, Mr. John Newte, who, at
the time the old Devonshire chronicler wrote, was the Rector of Tiverton, and from it the following
particulars are taken : — Richard Newte was bom at Tiverton and baptized there on the 24th February
1612. He was the third son of Henry Newte, **a gentleman of good estate and reputation in that
place." He married Thomasine, the only daughter and heir of Humphrey Trobridge, descended from
the family of that name, of Trobridge, in the parish of Crediton. He was educated at the Tiverton
Grammar School, and at 16 years of age was admitted member of Exeter College, Oxford, and proceeded
M. A. 20th May 1636, when he became a Fellow and Tutor of his college, and was noted for his knowledge
of Hebrew and Eastern languages, as well as of French and Italian. After a residence of 13 or 14 years
at the University, Mr. Newte was, in 1641, promoted to two of the three Rectories at Tiverton, vii., the
Clare and Tidcomb portions. On the breaking out of the' Civil War, Mr. Newte appears to have gone
abroad upon a travellmg license from the King, visiting Holland, Flanders, Italy, and other parts of the
Continent. In 1646 he returned to England, and during the Commonwealth was much persecuted, and,
being ejected from his cure at Tiverton, retired to Ottery St. Mary, where he became Lecturer ; but from
that appointment he was also dismissed, when he was befriended by Colonel Bassett of Heanton Court,
who, in 1656, presented him to the living of Heanton Punchardon, where he remained imdisturbed until
the Restoration in 1660, when he was again restored to his former preferments at Tiverton, and became
Chaplain to Lord Delawar, and Chaplain in Ordinary to Charles II. lie lived 18 years after the Restoration,
and died at his Parsonage House at Tidcomb. He appears to have been a sound Divine, and a preacher of
considerable power. His death occurred loth August 1678, aged 65. He was buried in the chancel of the
church at Tiverton, where his memory is recorded on a marble tablet, which notes that he left behind
him his wife Thomasina, by whom he had ten children, of whom Henry, Catherine, and Susan died in
his lifetime. Richard, John, Edward, Thomas, Peter, and Heniy, and his daughter Christian, survived
him ; his son John being his successor in the living at Tiverton.
t See Mon. Insc, Appendix IV., p. iv., and Heanton par. registers, pp. vi. and vii.
X Heanton par. reg.. Appendix IV., p. vi.
§ Ex rei.y Robert Scott, Master of Balliol, in letter to Sir H. M. Vavasour, 12 Nov. 1864.
II The Reverend John Marshall was the elder brother of Charles Marshall, who married Mary,
daughter of the Reverend Richard Mervyn (see ante, p. 64). They were the sons of John Marshall,
who was Mayor of Barnstaple in 171 1, by his second wife Dorcas Cook, which John was the only surviving
son of Hugh Marshall (who died in 1701, having served the office of Mayor of Barnstaple in 1681) by his
wife Joan, daughter of Alexander Hawkinge of Barnstaple, to whom he was married 14th June i66a Hugh
Marshall was the son of Alexander Marshall, of the parish of Loxbeare, co. Devon, who was probably
connected with the family of the same surname, recorded by Westcote (View of Devon in 1630, p. 502)
as settled at Exeter, and a member of which, John Marshall, was Mayor of that City ini6i5; but the
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who was bom 8th, and baptised 27th December 1708, in
the parish church of Barnstaple, and who succeeded his
father-in-law as Rector of Heanton, to which living he
was admitted i8th October 1744, on the presentation ot
John Bassett of Heanton Court He was buried at Bath.
Mrs. Laetitia Marshall survived her husband, and in 1775
resided as a widow in Barnstaple, but died at Heanton,
where she was buried 22nd Feb. 1783,* having had eight
children, of whom six survived her: —
I. The Reverend Thomas Mervyn Marshall, M.A.,
baptized at Heanton, 6th August 1753.* He was
Rector of Bow, co. Devon, where he died and
was buried in 1794. He married 22nd April
1 782, in the parish church of Barnstaple, Sarah,
only daughter of Philip Sydenham of Barnstaple,
by his wife Joan, only child and heiress of Jacob
Scott, of Littcott CO. Devon, who died in 1844,
and was buried at Pilton, ca Devon. The issue
of the marriage were two sons and three daughters,
viz.: —
I. John Marshall of Barnstaple, Mayor
of the Borough (1824), in the Com-
mission of the Peace and Deputy-
Lreutenant for the co. of Devon, was
bom 28th March 1785, and married
in 1829 Mary, the daughter of Thomas
Docker of Woodbury, co. Devon, by
whom at his death in Barnstaple, 8th
December 1866, he left issue: —
!• Thomas Mervyn Bourchier
Marshall, bom 15 th June
1830, died 17th July 1859, un-
married.
II. John Philip Sydenham Mar-
shall of Bamstaple, bom
1 6th December 1831 {living
unmarried 1873).
III. James Cutcliffe Marshall
of Stoke-upon-Trent, bom 1837,
married at the parish church
of Sutton, CO. Surrey, 9th
March 1872, Mary, ^ughter
of J. J. Cole, of London, and
Sutton, and has issue : —
Hugh John Cole Mar-
shall, bom 2nd June
1873, baptized at Bam-
staple 9th September
following.
family of Marshall was established in Bamstaple at an earlier date, as appears from the parochial registers
of that town, in which the name appears in 1543.
* Heanton par. registers, Appendix IV., pp. vi. and viL
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1. Agnes Marshall, bom 1833,
livif^ 1873.
2. LiCTiTi A Mary Marshall (//V//^
1873), ^0"! 1835, married istly,
at Barnstaple, ist November
1858, her cousin John Norris
Marshall, (2nd son of the
Rev. Bourchier Marshall and
Eliza Norris, after mentioned,)
and by whom she had issue
Emily Frances Marshall,
after mentioned, and 2ndly Capt
Arthur George Paul, of East
Leigh Teignmouth, living 1873.
3. Emily Sophia Marshall, bom
1839, living 1873.
II. The Rev. Bourchier Marshall, M.A.,
who succeeded his father as Rector of
Bow, and was Chaplain to the late
Duke of Kent. He was bom 24th
April 1786, and married at the parish
church of Barnstaple, 25th October
1820, Eliza Norris, daughter of John
Norris of Nonsuch, co. Wilts, and
died at Pilton (where he was buried) in
1827, leaving issue at his death two
sons, and two daughters, viz. : —
I. Bourchier Mervyn Marshall,
born at Bow, 13th August 1821,
educated at Christ Church,
Oxford; J. P. for co. Devon;
married Elizabeth Georgiana
Baker, 9th June 1858, at the
parish church of Bishops Tawton,
and died 14th January 1870.
II. John Norris Marshall, bom at
Bow, I St November 1823 ;
married (ist November 1858, at
the parish church of Barnstaple),
his cousin, L^etitia Mary
Marshall, daughter of John
Marshall and Mary Docker.
He died loth October 1867,
having had issue.
Emily Frances Marshall,
bom 28th August i86o»
died nth July i86i.
I. Ellen Susanna Marshall (living
1873), bom at Bow, 1822, who
married in 1843, R^v. Joshua
Willoughby Bryan, Rector of
Cliddesden-cum-Farleigh,Hants,
and has issue living i^T^y four
sons and five daughters.
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2. Emily Frances Marshall, bom
at Bow, 15th November 1824,
and died December 1835, un-
married.
1. LiETiTiA, baptized at Barnstaple* 5th May
1783, married John Sherard Clay of
Barnstaple, and died 1849, s.p., leaving
her husband (who remarried and is
living 1873) surviving.
2. Emily, bom 27th January 1788, died
unmarried.
3. Sophia, bom loth October 1792, died
unmarried 14th September 1865.
II. John Wiluam Marshall, son of John Marshall
and Lsetitia Mervyn, bora 5th, died 7th, and
buried 9th July 1755, at Heanton Punchardon.f
III. WiLLU.M Marshall, bom at Heanton, 4th August
and baptized there 15th Aug. 1756,! died un-
married at Bamstaple, where he was buried
in .
1. LiETiTiA, bom at Heanton, in June 1754, and
baptized there 27th June i754,t married William
Barbor of Fremington, where she died and was
buried in 1816.
2. A daughter, bom 2nd, and died i8th Augt
1757.
3. Frances, bora at Heanton, and baptized there
13th November 1758 jf married Christopher
Hamlyn, of Paschoe, in the Parish of Cole-
brook, CO. Devon, and died in 1833, ^^^ ^^
buried at Heanton.
4. Elizabeth, bom at Heanton, and baptized there
26th November 1759 ;t married Captain James
CuTCLiFFE, R.N., and died and was buried at
Torrington in 181 8, s.p.
5. Sarah Amy, bom 8th, and baptized at Heanton,
loth October 1761;! married the Rev. John
RowE, of Alverdiscott, co. Devon, and died
there (where she is buried) in 1843.
Sara, the eldest daughter of William Mervyn and Christiana Newte, bom
and baptized at Heanton in 1677 ;t was married to the Rev. George Blake,
Rector of Alwington, Devon. She died 27th May 1722, aged 45, and was
buried at Heanton.J
Christian, was bom in 1683. She died unmarried on the 17th, and was
buried at Heanton on the 20th August 1748, aged 65 years.§
Elizabeth, married at Heanton i8th Febmary 1724,! James Gay, and was
buried at Heanton 4th May 1765.!
• Barnstaple par. registers, Appendix IV., p. vii.
I Heanton par. registers. Appendix IV., pp. vi. and vil
See Mon. Insc., Appendix IV., p. iv.
§ See Mon. Insc, Appendix IV., p. iv., and Heanton par. registers, p. vii.
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RICHARD MERVYN, the elder son and heir of the Rev. William Mervyn
and Christiana Newte, was bom at Heanton, and baptized there nth February 1672.*
He married at Tivertonf on i6th May 1707, MARGARET, eldest
daughter of Robert BURRIDGE, of Tiverton.J She died on
1 8th June i723,§ aged 41 years, and was buried in Marwood
Church, where there is a tablet to her memory. Mr. Mervyn
was a member of the Inner Temple, and Deputy Recorder of
Barnstaple, and was commonly known in the family and amongst
his friends as " Councillor Mervyn." He appears to have been
a very general Trustee and adviser of families in the north of
Devon. He purchased the Marwood Hill Estate (which is now
held by his lineal descendants) and was buried in the cfiurch of
that parish. He died 1 5th and was buried 19th November 1 74o,§
aged 67 years^ having made his will || dated loth November 1740,
which was proved by the sole executor, his son John Mervyn, at Exeter, 27th January
1740-1.
There were seven children of the marriage of " Councillor Mervyn'' with Margaret
Biuridge, viz. : —
I. John Mervyn, who succeeded his father at Marwood, and of whom hereafter.
II. & III. Richard and Samuel Mervyn, twin children, bom and baptized IT 21st
Sept. 1717, and died and were buried the following day. IT
IV. Samuel Mervyn, bom and baptized at Marwood 7th Oct. 1719,11 men-
tioned in his father's will (i 740). He died unmarried 8th, and was buried at
Marwood nth January 1743,! aged 24 years.** Letters of administration
to his effects were granted 9th Aug. 1 744, by the Bishop's Court at Exeter,
to John Mervyn, his brother and next of kin.
1. Margaret Mervyn, the eldest daughter, was bom 8th, and baptized at
Marwood i8th Feb. 1711.11 She was married at Heanton on 26th January
1742-3* to the Rev. Nicholas Gay, of Newton St. Cyres, co. Devon, to
whom she was third wife, and by him had issue eight children: — three
sons, who all died unmarried, and five daughters, of whom three, viz., Pene-
lope, Elizabeth, and Dorothy, also died unmarried ; Margaret married the
Rev. John Bradford Coplestone, Rector of St. Thomas, Exeter, and OffweD,
CO. Devon, by whom she was mother of The Right Rev. Edward Cople-
stone, Bishop of Llandaff, b. 2 Feb. 1776, d. 14 Oct. 1849; ^^^ Frances,
who married .... Roberts, and had issue, ft Mrs. Gay survived her
husband, who died in 1775, and of whose will, dated 30th May 1765, she
was executrix. She was party to a deed of 8th Feb. 1776, in which she
is described as of Torrington, co. Devon, widow.
2. Elizabeth, who was bom 15th March, and baptized at Marwood 8th April
1712,11 married .... Grant, of Bideford, co. Devon.
3. Christian, born i6th, and baptized at Marwood 27th Feb. 17 15,^ married
at BrauntonJJ 7th Nov. 1741, Chichester Incledon (third son of John
Incledon of Buckland, by Penelope, his second wife, daughter of Sir Arthur
Chichester, Bt., of Youlston, co. Devon), by whom she had issue.
• Heanton par. registers, Appendix IV., pp. vi. and vii.
t Tiverton par. registers, Appendix IV., p. viii.
i See Abstract Will of Robert Burridge, Appendix IV., p. x.
§ Marwood par. registers, Appendix I V., p. vii. See also Mon. Insc., pp. iv. and v. The former
gives 1772, the latter 1723, as the date of Mrs. Margaret Burridge*s death.
II See Abstract of the Will, Appendix IV., p. x.
% Marwood par. registers, Appendix IV., p. vii.
** Mon. Insc, Appendix IV., p. v. ft ■^^' ^^^* Mrs. Dorothy Mervyn.
XX Braunton par. registers. Appendix IV., p. viii.
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was of
JOHN MERVYN, the elder son of " CounciUor" Mervyn and Mai^ret Burridge,
Marwood HilL He was bom 14th Jan., and baptized at Marwood 4& Feb. 17 14.*
He died 2ist,t and was buried at Marwood 24th June 1750,* at
the age of 35, having made his will dated 20 A May previous. J
He married DOROTHY, daughter of Arthur CHICHESTER,
of Hall and Pill, co. Devon (by Dorothy, § daughter of the
Rev. William Rowe,|| of Otterton), who, after Mr. Mervyn's
death, was married to the Rev. John Wright of Kenton, co. Devon,
but by him had no issue. Mr. Mervyn was educated at Exeter
College, Oxford, where, 14th October 1736, he took his degree
of B.A., and proceeded to his Master's degree 3rd July 1 739.1!
The only children of the marriage of John Mervyn and
Dorothy Chichester were two daughters, Dorothy Mervyn and
Margaret Mervyn, the latter being a posthumous child.**
DOROTHY MERVYN, the elder daughter and co-heiress, was bom and baptized
at Marwood, ist July 1742,* and died unmarried on the 8th, and was buried at Marwood
1 6th May 1835,* ^Lt the advanced age of ninety-three.
* Marwood par. registers. Appendix IV., p. vii.
t See Mon. Insc, Appendix IV., p. iv. t See Abstract of the Will, Appendix IV., p. x.
§ Letters of Admin, to Mrs. Dorothy Chichester, described as then late of Barnstaple, widow
deceased, were granted to her daughter, " Dorothy Mervin, wife of John Mervin," by the P. C. Cant, 18th
July 1743-
II The Rev*- William Rowe, Vicar of Otterton, co. Devon, who died in 1725, married Miss Musgrave,
of Westmoreland, by whom he had twenty-two children, of whom sixteen grew up. One of the daughters
married Dr. Reynolds, of Plympton, by whom she was mother of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.I^.A, Another
daughter, Dorothy, married Arthur Chichester of Hall, as above, and another daughter was the wife of
the Rev^ W^illiam Brand, of Kings* Brompton, co. Somerset, whose daughter, Federeta, married in 1750,
the Reverend William Cutcliffe, of Col)rton, co. Devon. — £x, Ms, Notes of Dorothy Mervyn.
% Ex rel. Robert Scott, Master of Balliol, in letter to Sir H. M. Vavasour, 12 Nov. 1864.
** In connection with the death of Mr. John Mervyn, and .the subsequent birth of his daughter
** Margaret," I found amongst Mrs. Dorothy Mervyn's papers, the following Ms., being " Tfu Account of my
Af other's dream :" — "At the time of my Father's death, the i8th of June 1750, my Mother was expecting to
** be confined, and wis much distressed on account of my Father's dieing without a Will, knowing that in
** case she had a son there could be no provision for me. I was then eight years old and sensible of knowing
** my own situation, for nothing was kept from me. With a spirit of independence beyond my years (and
•* which has continued through a very long life) I told my friends that I was blessed with good health and
*• was strong, and that the labour of my hands would provide for me. My mother said she would run all
•* risks and take the guardianship of me, whether the child was a son or daughter. But what was to be done
•* for money? My father died at the early age of 35, and his affairs were left in much confusion. My mother
•* was fortunate in having three friendly advisers, the Revd. Mr. Gay, who had married my father's eldest sister;
** the Revd. John Mai-shall, who was her dear friend ; and an honest attorney, Mr. Philip Sydenham. They
•* were all doubtful whether an)rthing could be sold ; my grandfather, Councillor Mervin, left a parchment
** book with an account of all his estates, showing what came by inheritance, and what had been purchased.
•* This book had been well looked over by all, but with no certainty that any estate could be sold. My poor
•* mother in great trouble weni to bed, fell asleep, and, mark the goodness of Providence, she dreamed that
•* she and my Uncle Guy were walking in Munkley Wood, when he said, * Why not sell this?* *Itis
" noted, at such a page in the Counsellor's book that he bought it, and it might be sold.' In the morning
** she said she thought it was at such a page, the book was again examined, and was found to be paged
•* (which they had never before observed); but the pages my mother dreamed of were not to be found, two
•* pages were missing; but they were subseauently found stuck together. The wood was sold (but below its
** value) to the Rector of the Parish of Marwood, the Revd. Richard Harding. My sister Margaret
•* Mervin, was bom the 17th of Sept 1750, to my mother and all her friends* great joy. As soon as she
" attained the age of 21, she joined with me in paying all our father's debts, and what was left, has ever
** prospered with us."
Mr. Mervyn did not in fact die without a Will, as stated by Mrs. Mervyn ; but altho* he made one,
dated 20th May 1750 (Administration with will annexe:! — ^no executor having been named in it — was
granted by the Bishop of Exeter's Court on 11 August 1750, to Dorothy Mervyn, the Testator's widow
and relict) it contained no provision for charging his debts on his real est-ite, consec^uently if the expected
child had been a son, he would have succeeded not only to the estates included m the settlement made
(2.6 and 27 August 1741) on Mr. Mervyn's marriage with Dorothy Chichester, but also to the unsettled real
estate, leaving the personal property liable for debts, so that the money provision made for his then only
daughter would have been entirely absorbed.
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When I knew Mrs. (as in lajter life she was always styled) Dorothy Mervyn she
resided in the parsonage-house at Ashford, near Barnstaple, where she went to reside in
1814, and it was one of the treats of my boyhood days to accompany her niece, my aunt
Mrs. Frances Drake, in her daily visits to the old lady, who always cordially welcomed
her young visitor. Great was my delight to listen to her never -failing Devonshire stories,
told in their true dialect. Nor were the creature comforts forgotten; her narratives were
seasoned with cakes and wine. What I might now think of her home-made beverages I
know not, but then I thought them nectar. On Sundays, after church, there was always a
family levde and lunch at the parsonage, at which my old friend, the late Revd. Mr. Bryan,
of Westdown, who came to Ashford (diere not being any resident clergyman there) to
perform the service, generally assisted, and all the news of the preceding week was
discussed, as well as the sermon.
Mrs. Mervyn*s was a remarkable character, having for its foundation strong common
sense, and a spirit of independence, which enabled her to hold her own against aU
comers. She was related to the Rolle family, being a first cousin to the late John, Lord
Rolle, and his sisters, the Misses Rolle of Hudscot, and was, with the exception of my
Aunt, the only connection of the Stevenstone family, over whom they did not attempt to
tyrannize. " Cousin Dolly" held her own with the somewhat imperious Baron, who conse-
quently always spoke of and treated her with marked respect, which he was not in the
habit of bestowing on those who ventured to hold and express opinions in which he did
not concur. Mrs. Mervyn held a strong belief in the hereditary transmission of " good "
and " bad " blood, and many were the striking instances she gave in support of her theory.
I recollect her once saying, when the probability of a marriage between a young couple
was on the tapis ; that she wished they would let the blood inherited by the lady, who was
of an old Devonshire family, wear itself out, for no good would ever come of " that blood."
No less strong were the dear old lady's prejudices as to the line to be drawn
between those of " gentle birth,'* and the "roturier." A few weeks before she died, my aunt
was reading from a local newspaper the obituary notices, and amongst others, the record
of the death of a very respectable tradesman, who having accumulated some money, was,
in the notice dubbed " Esquire." At this her wrath was raised. " Fanny," said she to
her neice, "bring me my desk;" from which she took a piece of paper on which she had
written the terms in which she wished her death to be notified, and where she had
described her father as " Esquire." " Give me a pen Fanny, it is time that a new
distinction should be made, if tradesmen are now Esquires; my father was a Gentleman,
and as the daughter of a Gentleman, I will be described," and forthwith she altered the
memorandum; and, as altered, the notice was inserted in the newspapers when she passed
to her rest in 1835, ^^ the age of 93 years.
During the latter years of her life, when her bodily infirmities interfered with her
active out-of-door occupations, Mrs. Mervyn amused herself by making notes of her
recollections of the members of those Devonshire families in which she remembered five
or six generations. These interesting manuscripts are in my possession, and have afforded
me valuable and reliable information on many points connected with my genealogical
researches.
The esteem in which Mrs. Mervyn was held was not confined to her immediate
group of near relations. It was entertained by a numerous and wide-spread circle of
friends. An interesting letter was addressed by her to Dr. Coplestone, on his being made
Bishop of Llandaif, and is as follows: —
"My dear Lord,
" As the oldest living member of your good mother's family, permit me to offer my
" most sincere congratulations on your Lordship's justly merited preferment. May your
" valuable life be long preserved a faithful follower of your blessed Master, and a firm
" supporter of his holy Church. I hope all your family (to whom I beg my kindest regards)
" are well, as, through great mercy, I am, at the advanced age of 85 years and six months,
" and like your excellent aunt, my dear cousin Mrs. Gay, blessed with cheerful spirits.
" None of my family are with me, or know of my writing to you, or I am certain they
" would have offered their respectful regards and congratulations.
•' I am, ray dear Sir, with real esteem, your Lordship's sincerely obliged relation,
" Dorothy Mervyn."
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The Bishop's reply, dated " Oriel College, 6th January 1828," is in the following
terms: —
" My dear Madam,
" There is not one among the many letters of congratulation I have received, which
" has given me more pleasure, or for which I consider m>self more obliged to the writer,
" than yours. Having been always accustomed to associate feelings of respect and esteem
** with the mention of your name, it is particularly gratifying to be so remembered by you.
" My excellent and much valued aunt, Mrs. Gay,* has conveyed to me the same kind senti-
" ments, although the use of the pen is, with her, nearly, I believe superseded. The
" channel, however, which she chose for this communication was most acceptable; that of
" a near relation. In return for your prayers, that I may be enabled adequately to discharge
" the sacred duties involved in this appointment, in which I heartily join, I have only to
" offer mine that the blessings of health and cheerfulness may continue to brighten your
" days, and enable you, as you have hitherto done, to diffuse happiness amongst all your
" friends. I am, my dear Madam, gratefully and sincerely yours,
^,^^^...^, ;?^-^
MARGARET MERVYN, a posthumous child and coheiress of John Mervyn
by his wife Dorothy Chichester, was bom and baptized at Marwood, 6th September
i750't She died 24th April, and was buried at Marwood, ist May
1792,1 having married at Kenton. J 21st November 1776,
CHARLES NEWELL CUTCLIFFE, of Damage, in the
parish of Ilfracombe, and after his marriage of Marwood Hill,
where he resided. Mr. Cutcliflfe was the eldest son of Charles
Cutcliffe of Weach, and Elizabeth Dene, and was bom in 1746,
and bapt. at Westleigh, 25 Feb. i746.§ He was a Solicitor and
Banker at Bamstaple; was appointed (20th March 1797) a Deputy-
Lieutenant for the County of Devon, and in 1798 held a Com-
mission as Captain Lieutenant of the Fremington and West Down
Volunteers, then commanded by Major Barbor. He survived
his wife and died in December 1 8 1 3, and was buried at West-
leigh § on the 22nd of that month. His will || is dated 25th November 1806, and was
proved in London, 8th June 18 14, by his son and sole executor John Mervyn CutcliflFe.
The issue of the marriage were two sons and six daughters.
1. John Mervyn Cutcliffe, of Webbery, in the parish of Alverdiscott, co.
Devon, bora 12th October 1778. He was educated for the Army, which he
entered in 1800, as Comet or Ensign in the 23rd Light Dragoons: In the
same year he became Lieutenant, and took part with his Regiment in the
campaign of 1801, in Egypt: In 1809, having in 1804 obtained his
Captaincy, he served in Portugal and Spain, and was present at the battle
of Talavera: Promoted Major in 181 3, he in that year accompanied his
regiment in the campaign on the eastern coast of Spain, and subsequently
took part in the operations in the Netherlands. Major Cutcliffe was present
at the battle of Quatre Bras on the i6th, at the action at Genappe on the 17 th,
and on the i8th June he commanded the 23rd at the battie of Waterloo,
where he was wounded, and was, on the recommendation of the Duke of
Wellington, promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He received the
medal of the Turkish Order of the Crescent, for services in Egypt, and on
* The Bishop's mother was Margaret Gay, the daughter of Margaret Mervyn and the Revd.
Nicholas Gay. See Tabular Pedigree, Appendix IV., p. i. See also ante p. 70.
+ Marwood par. registers. Appendix IV., p. vii. t Kenton par. registers, Appendix IV., p. viiL
§ Westleigh par. registers, Appendix IV., p. viiL || See Abstract ofthe Will, Appendix IV., p.x.
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22nd June 1815, was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath: He was
also Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order.
Colonel Cutcliffe married, in April 1808, the Honorable Charlotte
Talbot, daughter of Baroness Talbot de Malahide, but died without issue,
and was buried at Westleigh* i6th July 1822. His will, t dated 8th July
1822, was proved in London 28th Nov. 1822. By it his widow became
seized in fee of the ancient estates of the Cutcliffe family in the parish of Ilfra-
combe, which she re-settled by deed, dated 28th July 1827, on her husband's
family. Mrs. Cutcliffe re-married Gerald Fitzgerald of Binfield, co. Berks,
and died s.p. 9th Nov. 1863, and was buried at the Roman Catholic church
at Reading.
H. Harry Lupincott Cutcliffe, died an infant.
1. Frances Cutcliffe, eldest daughter, married Zachary Hammett Drake, as
after referred to.
2. Anne Cutcliffe, born 27th October and bapt. at Pilton, 4th Nov. 1781,! died
unmarried at Ashford on the 2nd,§ and was buried at Marwood on the 7th
May 1859.11
3. Mary Cutcliffe, died an infant.
4. Mary Cutcliffe, bora 17th January 1784, died unmarried at Ilfracombe 13th,
and was buried at Marwood 21st June 1831.II
5. Harriet Elizabeth Cutcliffe, bora 28th October 1786, died unmarried at
Marwood Hill on the 12th, and was buried at MarwoodlF on the 17th April
1867, having by her will** dated 31st August 1863, devised her three-eighth
shares in the Marwood property in trust for her two nieces the daughters of
her nephew Charles Cutcliffe Drake, and their issue, and her like share in the
Mervyn rentcharge on Upton, to her great nephew John Mervyn Cutcliffe Drake.
6. Emma Cutcliffe, bora 12th April 1788, died unmarried at Ilfracombe on the
14th, and was buried at Marwood on the 20th March 1865.^
FRANCES CUTCLIFFE the eldest daughter, and (on the death of her brother
Colonel Cutcliffe, without issue) coheiress of Charles Newell Cutcliffe and Margaret
Mervyn, and on the death of her aunt Dorothy Mervyn
in 1835, coheiress of her grandfather. John Mervyn of
Marwood Hill, which estate, under the terms of their
father's and mother's marriage settlement, descended to
Mrs. Drake and her sisters as tenants in common. Mrs.
Drake was bom 25th May and baptized at Pilton 6 June
1780.$ She was married at Marwood on the 6th October
i8o3,tt to my father's brother, ZACHARY HAMMETT
DRAKE, then of Chapel, in the parish of Moorwinstow,
CO. Cornwall, but subsequendy of Springfield, near Barn-
staple. He was bom 5th Sept. 1777, and was the eldest
son of Henr}' Drake of Barnstaple, by Anne his ^ife,
daughter of Richard Hammett, of Clovelly, co. Devon, and
sister of Sir James Hamlyn, Bart., of Clovelly Court.JJ Mr.
Drake was a Deputy-Lieutenant and in the Commission of the
Peace for the counties of Devon and Cora wall, and Major of the North Devon Yeomanry
* Westleigh par. registers, Appendix IV., p. viii. t See Abstract of the Will, Appendix IV., p. x.
i
Pilton par. registers, Appendix IV., p. viii. § See Mon. Insc, Appendix IV., p. v.
'v., ]
Marwood par. registers, Appendix IV., p. vii.
% Mon. Insc, Appendix IV., p. v., and Marwood par. registers, p. vii.
** See Abstract of the Will, Appendix IV., p. xi.
tt The marriage ceremony was performed by Mrs. Drake's uncle, the Revd. William Spurway, as
appears by the following entry made by Mr. Drake in the family Bible. " 6th Oct. 1803. I, Zachary
" Hammett Drake, of Moorwenstow in the county of Cornwall, was this day married by the Revd. Wra.
" Spurway, in the parish church of Marwood to Miss Frances Cutcliffe, eldest daughter of Charles Newell
" Cutcliffe, Esq., of Marwood Hill, in the county of Devon."
tt See Tabular Pedigree, Appendix IV., p. ii.
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Cavalry, a corps with which he was connected for many years of his life, and in whose
prosperity he took the greatest interest He died at Springfield the nth, and was buried
at Marwood 17th Mardi 1847. * His will was dated loti March 1835, ^^^ was proved
in London by his widow 27 August 18474 ^is widow survived him twenty years, and
during the latter portion of her life resided at Ashford, where, on the 5th of April 1867,
she passed to her rest in the eighty-seventh year of her age, honored and respected by aJl
who had the privilege of her acquaintance. She was buried at Marwood on the nth.
April 1867.* Her will J was dated 2nd June 1865, and was proved in London 6th May 1867.
I should not do justice to the affectionate respect I entertain for my aunt's memory,
and to the love I bore her whilst living, if I were to content myself with the mere record
of her birth and death ; and yet I have a difficulty in writing of her as I should wish to
do, because those instances which stand out prominendy in my memory as best illustrating
the beauty of her character are so intermixed with painful circumstances affecting others,
which she would, I know, have wished buried in oblivion, that I dare not treat of them.
Nor are they necessary to those of her belongings who knew her, and to those who had
not that privilege, no description of which my pen is capable, could convey anything but
a faint washed-out sketch, of the picture I would desire to paint of a true Gentlewoman.
It pleased God to visit her with more trials than often fall to a woman's lot ; trials which
she bore with fortitude, sustained by a firm reliance on the goodness of Providence, which
never forsook her, and by a well-grounded faith in that future Refuge where " sorrow and
sighing shall flee away." She was blessed with an elasticity of spirit which enabled her
to bear up against her troubles, including the death of a husband to whom she was
devotedly attached, and all her children, leaving her in her old age the last of her
generation : an old age, however, green to the last, with all her sympathies young, to
sympathise with the young. A mind well stored with the result of years of careful,
but somewhat desultory reading, a memory replete with information on out-of-the-way
subjects, and garnered with quaint infonnation, made her a charming companion. With
all the qualities of a good talker, she combined those of a good listener. She eagerly
sought information connected with the topics and passing occurrences of the day, bringing
to bear on them her vivid recollections of the public events of her younger years. Her
comparisons of the " f/ien " and " rwwj" were full of combined naivet^ and point. In the
serious affairs of life, my aunt's great common sense, quick apprehension of relative
positions, and the acceptance of facts as they existed, enabled her promptly to arrive at
sound and practical conclusions.
I never knew anyone whose sense of justice was stronger, or whose discernment ot
character was quicker. She had her prejudices, and they were strong, but always
directed against those in whom meanness, want of moral courage or truthfulness, were
characteristics.
She inherited from her aunt Dorothy a love of genealogical research, and it is to
her introduction in my boyhood to the pages of such works as Prince's Worthies, and Old
Gwillim's Blazon, that I owe my love for a study which, though often (inconsiderately as
I think) deemed trivial and useless, has at all events served as an a^eeable relaxation
fi'om the arduous and serious pursuits of a busy professional life. To her inspiration is
owing the present record of her mother's family, the collection -of the materials for which
conomenc^, as I have mentioned in the introductory note to these pages, more than a
quarter of a century ago.
Mrs. Drake devised by her will§ her five-eighth share in the Marwood property,
in trust for the two daughters of her second son Charles Cutcliife Drake, and their
♦ Mon. Insc, Appendix IV., p. v., and Marnrood par. reigisters, p. vii.
t See Abstract of the Will, Appendix IV., p. x.
X See Abstract of the Will, Appendix IV., p. xi.
§ See Abstract of the Will, Appendix IV., p. xi. Mrs. Drake's surviving sister, Harriett Elizabeth
Cutcliffe, who was entitled to the remainine three-eighth parts of the Marwocxi Estate, settled them by
her Will (Appendix IV., p. xi ) in identically the same manner.
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issue ; whilst her similar interest in the Mervyn rentcharge she devised to her grandson
John Mervyn Cutdiflfe Drake.
The issue of the marriage of Frances Cutcliffe and Zachary Hammett Drake,
were two sons and one daughter: —
L The Reverend Zachary Hammett Drake, who was bom 14th February
1805, and baptized at Moorwinstow.* He was educated at Exeter College
Oxford, and was sometime Rector of Clovelly. He died at Erlangen in
Bavaria, in June 1856, having married ist January 1831, at Tamerton
Foliott, CO. Devon, Eleanor Penrose, the only daughter of Admiral Sir
Samuel Pym, K.C.B., who survived her husband, and died 13th January
1868, and was buried at Gravesend. Letters of Administration were
granted by the Principal Registry of H.M. Court of Probate, 22 April
1868, to her son, John Mervyn Cutcliffe Drake, the only surviving issue of
her marriage.
I. John Mervyn Cutcliffe Drake^ b. and bapt. at Heanton,t 9th,
d. 10th, and bur. at Marwood 13th Sept 1832.
II. John Mervyn Cutcliffe Drake, of whom hereafter.
III. Samuel Pym Drake, b. at CloveDy Parsonage, 23rd Aug. 1838,
and d. 15th Sept. following.
I. Margaret Mary, b. at Heanton Parsonage, 2nd and bapt there
3rd July 1835,$ d. at Looseleigh House, (the residence of her
grandfather. Sir Samuel Pym), 24th Oct. 1 836, and was bur. at
Tamerton.
II. Charles Cutcliffe Drake, the second son, was bom 29th September 1808,
and baptized at Pilton.§ He married at Ilfracombe, 19th May 1836,
Mary, the elder of the two daughters and on her sister's death the sole
heiress of Henry Cusack, of Girley, co. Meaih, Ireland, by Ann,
daughter of Richard Rothwell of Berfordstown in the same county.
Mrs. C. C. Drake was bom at Moyaugher House, co. Meath, i6th, and
bapt at Athboy, in the same county, on the 29th March 1808. She died
on the 2ist,|l and was buried at Marwood on the 24th Febmary 1870.1!
Mr. Charles Cutcliffe Drake, educated at Winchester College, was in the
Commission of the Peace for the county of Devon, and a Captain in the
North Devon Yeomanry Cavalry. After his father's death he resided at
Springfield, where he died i8th,|| and was buried at Marwood on the 23rd
October 1858,1! leaving his wife and the four children of his marriage
surviving, him. Letters of Administration with his will, dat 1 1 July 1 854,**
annexed were granted by H.M. Coiut of Probate to his widow 23"*
Sepf- 1859.
I. CHARLES HENRY DRAKE, the elder of the two sons of Charles
Cutcliffe Drake and Mary Cusack, now of the Manor House Lee,
in the parish of Ilfiracombe, was bom 4th June, and baptized 7 th
July i84o,tt at Ashford. On the death of his grandmother Frances
Drake, he succeeded to the Cutcliffe Estates in the parish of Ilfra-
combe, and took by royal licence dated Whitehall, i8th May 1867,}^
the additional surname of '* Cutcliffe." He married, at Braunton
CO. Devon, 6th October i868,§§ Henrietta Maria, daughter of
the Revd. John Whittington Ready Landon, Vicar of Braunton,
(by his first wife Jane, daughter of Charles Chichester of Hall, co.
♦ Moorwinstow par. registers, Appendix IV., p viii. t Heanton par. registers, Appendix IV., p. vi.
1
Heanton par, rasters, Appendix IV., p. vi. § Pilton par. registers, Appendix IV., p. viii.
- - ' ' — -* IV..
See Mon. Insc., Appendix IV., p. v. ^ Marwood par. registers, Appendix I v., p. vii.
-• See Abstract of the Will, Appendix IV., p. xi. tj Ashford par. registers. Appendix IV., p. vii.
tt See London Gautte^ 24tli May 1867. §§ Braunton par. registers. Appendix IV., p. viii.
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Devon,) who was bom 7th January 1842, and baptized at Braunton.
The issue of the marriage is one child : —
Charles Bernard Mervyn Drake-Cutcliffe, bom 17th
July, and baptized 5th August 1869,* at Lee; living 1873.
II. John Rothwell Drake, baptized 12th September i842,t at
Heanton, died i9th,| and was buried at Marwood 24th March
i859,§ unmamed.
1. Dorothy Mervyn, bom i8th Febmary, baptized at Ashford, 27th
March 1837,11 and died 31st March 1869, and was buried at
Ashford, II having married at Pilton, 30th April i862,ir the Revd.
Charles Whittington Landon, Rector of Ashford, who was bom
3rd July 1830, and bapt. at Braunton, the only son (by his first
wife Jane Chichester) of the Rev. John Whittington Ready Landon,
before mentioned. The issue of the marriage were one son and a
daughter: —
John Chichester Crewe Landon, bom 2nd April 1868,
baptized at Ashford ; living 1873.
Frances Chichester Mervyn Landon, bom 25 th Febmary
1867, baptized at Ashford; living 1873.
2. Anne Frances, bom 13th December 1838, and baptized 14th
January following at Ashford, | married istly, 27th April 1865, at
the Cathedral Exeter, Thomas McGhie Brydges, who d. s.p. 30th
April 1865, and was buried at St. David's, Exeter; and 2ndly, on
29th December 1868, at Pilton, Joseph Henry Goodban, (who
was bom i6th Febmary 1838, and baptized at St. Margaret's, West-
minster) ; by whom she has issue two children : —
I. Mervyn Charles Cusack Goodban, bom nth July 1871,
baptized at St. Mathew's church, Lee, co. Kent ; living 1873.
11. John Rothwell Drake Goodban, bom 22nd December
1872, baptized 9th March 1873, at St John's church,
Blackheath, CO. Kent; living i^T^.
I. Frances Mervyn, baptized 29th September 1806, at Moorwinstow** co.
Comwall; married 3rd July 1838, at Heanton,t Colonel John Graham of
the E. I. C. S. She died without issue, at Dacca in the Eiast Indies on the
19th October 1845. J Colonel Graham survived his wife and re-married. He
died 21 Sept 1861, leaving his widow and a daughter surviving.
JOHN MERVYN CUTCLIFFE DRAKE, a Major in the Royal Engineers, who
on the death of his grandmother Frances Drake, and her sister Harriet Elizabeth Cut-
cljife, became the heir-at-law of his grandfather Charles Newell CutcliflFe, and of his great
grandfather John Mervyn, and the owner of the Upton rentchaige which Dr. Mervyn
in 1667 settied, as before mentioned, on the marriage of his son Geoige Mervyn with
Elizabeth Hajrter.
Major Drake was bom at the Parsonage at Heanton Punchardon, where his father
was then Curate, on the 6th and baptized on &e loth November i833.t He was educated
for the army, and joined the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, as a gentleman cadet,
in January 1848; and in December 185 1, was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal
Engineers. He was subsequently quartered at Guernsey, where, at the Church of St.
Matthew Cobo, he on 4th March 1857, married LAURA AUGUSTA, daughter of
Sausmarez CAREY of Guernsey.
* Lee par. registers. Appendix IV., p. viil f Heanton par. registers, Appendix IV., p. vi.
X See Mon. Insc, Appendix IV., p. v. § Marwood par. registers, Appendix IV., p. vii.
II Ashford par. registers, Appendix IV., p. vii, ^ Pilton par. registers, Appendix IV., p, viii.
•• Moorwinstow par. registers, Appendix IV., p. viii.
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In February 1854, he was promoted ist Lieutenant, and embarked for Turkey,
and landed at Gallipoli with the Light Division, under the command of Sir George Brown.
Lieutenant Drake was employed in the construction of the Lines of Boulair, and in
November of the same year he did duty in the trenches of the night attack before Sebas-
topol, after which he was moved to the Inkermann attack. It was at this time that he
made, under circumstances of unusual difficulty and danger, a successful reconnaissance of
the river Tchemaya, a service which elicited from the late Sir John Buigoyne, G.C.R,
then the Commanding Royal Engineer in the Crimea, the following letter: —
" My dear Sir, " Camp before Sevastopol, 25th January 1855.
" I have had great pleasure in laying before Lord Raglan the Report made by Major
^' Gordon, Commanding Royal Engineer, of your spirited reconnaissance of the Tchemaya.
" Your report is very interesting and precise, although the observations for it were made
" under difficult circumstances: when overturned by the failure of your frail raft, you
" rescued the Corporal of Sappers who accompanied you, from being drowned ; and after
" getting out of the water, you had the firmness still to withdraw the materials that might
" have betrayed to the enemy, in whose neighbourhood the whole proceeding took place,
" what had been going on; and I am authorised by his Lordship to express his entire
" satisfaction at your conduct.
"My dear Sir,
" Yours very faithfully,
" Lieut. Drake, " J. F. Burgoyne,
" Royal Engineers." ** U.-Geni.
Lieutenant Drake returned to Sebastopol, and subsequently accompanied the
expedition to Kertch, which was taken on 24th May 1855, and he remained there to
complete some defence works at Ak Boroun; and subsequently was appointed Joint
Commandant de Place, with the duties of the Quartermaster-General's department, and
acted as interpreter in French, Greek, and Turkish. At the conclusion of the Crimean
War, he received the Crimean Medal, the Cross of the Legion of Honour, and the
Turkish Order of the Medjidi^. In 1858 he was sent as Adjutant to Malta, and during
his service there, was, in April 1859, promoted 2nd Captain. On his return to Englan(^
Captain Drake was, in August 1864, appointed Instructor of Musketry to the Engineers,
an office which he held until he obtained his Majority in July 1872, having for die pre-
ceding eleven years been employed in superintending the Range and Engineering work
of the National Rifle Association at their Wimbledon Meetings.
The children of the marriage of John Mervyn Cutcliflfe Drake with Laura
Augusta Carey are 6 sons and 2 daughters, viz.: —
1. Bernard Mervyn Drake, bom at Malta 24th May 1858, and privately
bapt. same day; Uving 1873.
II. Carey Pym Drake, bom at Malta 12th August, and bapt there 5th September
i860; /iving 1873.
III. Edmund Cutcliffe Drake, bom at Plymouth i ith January, and bapt at
St. Peter's church there, 9th Febraary 1862 ; /iving 1873.
IV. Hammett Drake, bom at Plymouth 5th September, and bapt at St Peter's
church there, 4^1 October 1863 ; /ivif^ 1873.
V. Mervyn George Drake, bom at Gravesend 12th March, and bapt 13th
April 187 1, at Holy Trinity church, Milton, near Gravesend; Uvirig 1873.
VI. WiLUAM Hacche Drake, bom at Gravesend 7th January 1873; bapt at
Holy Trinity church, Milton; living 1873.
T. Margaret Mervyn, bom at Gravesend i6th March 1866, and bapt at St
Mark's, Rosherville, near Gravesend; living 1873.
2. Eleanor Penrose, bom at Gravesend 5th October, and bapt 8th
November 1868, at Holy Trinity church, Milton; living 1873.
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THE
IRISH BRANCH
OF THE
mpi (Jamilg.
The settlement in Ireland of a branch of the Mervyn family arose out of their
connexion with the Touchet family. George Lord Audley (afterwards created Earl
of Casdehaven), who married Lucy Mervyn, the daughter and heiress of Sir* James
Mervyn of Fountel-Gifl^d, {See an/e, p. 19), held military appointments, and served
with distinction in that kingdom in the time of Elizabeth and James L After the death
of his first wife Lucy, (who died between January 1608-9 ^md March 1611,) Lord Audley
married Elizabeth, one of the daughters of Sir Andrew Noel of Dalby co. Leicester,
Knight, and sister to Sir Edward Noel, Bart., who was created Baron Noel of Ridlington,
and succeeded his father-in-law Sir Baptist Hicks as Viscount Campden. In 16 11
(12 March) a Grant, pursuant to the King's letter under Privy Seal, of large tracts of
land in the counties of Tyrone and Armagh, was made to George Lord Audley and
Elizabeth his wife. Sir Mervyn and Sir Ferdinando Touchet (two sons of the marriage
of Lord Audley with Lucy Mervyn), and Edward Blount (husband of Anne, the eldest
daughter of the same marriage): the lands granted to be held subject to the conditions
of the Plantation of Ulster. See Col, Patent Rolls Ireland James /., /. 222.
Elizabeth, Countess of Castlehaven, survived the Earl, and re-married *'in the City of
London"* Colonel Sir Piers Crosby, Knt., of Maryborough, in the Queen's County,
Ireland, P.C. and a Gentieman of the King's Privy Chamber j but it appearing upon Inquisi-
tions taken, that by leasing out portions of the granted lands to " mere Irish " in excess of
the quantity which under the articles of the Ulster Plantation the Irish bom were authorized
to hold, " die conditions of the Ulster Plantation " had been broken and the estates had
consequently become forfeited to the Crown, the King (Charles I.) under Privy Signet, dated
24 August 1628, directed a new grant of the lands in the county of Tyrone, and in the
Barony of Orier co. Armagh, which had been held by Lord Audley and his wife, to
be perfected to the Lady Elizabeth and her then husband. Sir Piers Crosby ; and this
direction was carried out by Grant, dated i Sep. 1630, under the Commission to
pass escheated lands in Ulster. See Mss. Ulster's Offi^e^ Lodgis Absts, Chancery Rollsy
Charles I., voL /., /. 230. It may here be noted that the Plantation in Ulster, was effected
by James 1. by disposal of the vast extent of land in that Province whicli had been
• See Iriq. Rot, Cancel!. Hibemuey vol. ii,y co. Tyrone Car. I. (48).
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forfeited and escheated to the Crown consequent upon the rebellion of the Earls of Tyrone
and Tyrconnell. The scheme of Plantation was based upon a plan proposed by
Sir Arthur Chichester, then Lord Deputy of Ireland, by which the persons to whom
lands were to be assigned should be either the old Irish Chieftains and inhabitants, or
Servitors of the Crown, or else English and Scotch " Undertakers." Great indulgence
appears to have been accorded to the first class, as their under-tenants and servants
were allowed to be of their own country and religion, whilst the British Undertakers
could only make use of English or Scotch. The Servitors, though having the privilege of
employing natives, were restricted to those who were Protestants. The lands to be
planted were divided into estates of three sizes, viz., 2,000, 1,500, and 1,000 English acres.
The grant of the largest estate involved on the Grantee's part an obligation to build a
castle and bawn within four years, to plant on their land within three years 48 able
men, 18 years of age or upwards, bom in England or the inland parts of Scotland ;
to keep a demesne of 600 acres in their hands; to have 4 fee farmers on 120 acres
each, 6 leaseholders on 100 acres each, and on the rest eight families of husbandmen,
artificers, and cottagers. The grantees were also under obligation within five years
to reside in person on some part of the estate, and to have a store of arms in their
houses. They were unable to alienate any of their lands without a Royal licence, or to set
them at uncertain rents, or for a less term than 2 1 years, or three lives ; and their tenants
were to live in houses, not in cabins, and to build their houses together in towns and
villages. Proportionable obligations were imposed on the grantees of the second and
third sized estates ; the former being bound within two years to build a strong stone
or brick house and ba>vn ; and the latter to build a bawn. In this manner, and under
these regulations, the escheated lands in Ulster were disposed of to 104 English and
Scotch Undertakers, 56 servitors, and 286 natives.*
For information as to the genealogy of this branch of the Mervyn family, I was,
in the first instance, dependent on two manuscript pedigrees ; one compiled by the late
Sir William Betham, UlsteTy a copy of which I obtained fi^om the Dublin Office of
Arms ; and the other by G. F. Beltz, Lancaster Herald^ preserved in the College of Arms
in London (A ix., MiscdL Fed./, F, 9). The statements contained in these pedigrees
I compared with the information to be found scattered through the pages of Lodge and
ArchdalPs " Peerage of Ireland " ; with the Irish Funeral Certificates (a collection made
by Sir William Betham), preserved in the Library of the College of Arms, and with some
copies which I obtained from Ulster's Office. These sources of information satisfied me
that neither Betham's nor Beltz's pedigree could be absolutely relied on ; in fact, in both
there were evident imperfections and inaccuracies. Under these circumstances, I sought
the aid of my fiiend Sir Bernard Burke, who, although precluded by the reasons stated in my
Introductory Note firom affording it in his official character, nevertheless applied himself
to the verification of the pedigree I had prepared, and he furnished me with valuable
information and documentary evidence, which enabled me to establish the genealogical
descent from Sir Audley Mervyn in a satisfactory manner. Subsequently, however, I
discovered a means of verifying, in an undeniable manner, the greater portion of
the pedigree, and of making additions to it, firom the proceedings in the litigation which
arose in reference to the Will of Sir Audle/s grandson (Audley Mervyn, who died in 1 7 1 7 ),
and a note of the evidence in which, will be found in Appendix V., p. iv.
I am, therefore, now enabled to print the pedigree of the Irish Mervyns with the
same confidence in its accuracy, as I have done the genealogies of the other branches of
the family.
• The King's Commission, with Articles of Instructions, for the Plantation of Ulster, addressed to
Sir Arthur Chichester and others, to enquire into lands escheated to the Crown, and to set out such lands
in order to their being " planted with Colonies of Civill.Men, and well affected in religion," will be found in
the Appendix to the 2nd vol. of " Inq, Rot. CancdL Hib. ; " pub. by Record Com. l)ub. 1829. See also
Carte s Life of Ormondeifo.^ Lond, 1 736, voL u,p.l$i,et seq*
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SIR AUDLEY MERVYN* was, as I have shown {ante pp.
36-37), the second son, but on the death without issue of his brother
CaptaiQ James Mervyn,t he became the heir of Sir Henry MervynJ
and Christian Touchet. He settled in Ireland, and allied himself
prominently to the Puritan party. In 1640 the Earl of Strafford had
collected an army of 8,000 men by the Sling's orders, for tlie invasion
of Scotland, under the command of the Earl of Ormonde, which was
encamped near Carrickfergus. In the muster roll of this army,
Audley Mervyn appears in the list of the Captains of Sir Henry
Tichboume's regiment raised in Ulster.
This army was disbanded without entering on its purpose, for the Scots having
entered England by the invitation of the popular leaders in the English Parliament, and
the English soldiers and officers being iU-affected to Charles I., a treaty was made at
Ripon ±at the war should end and the Scotch be paid the cost of their invasion. The
purpose of the Puritan party was the calling a Parliament to raise funds to pay the
Scots, in which they had secredy resolved to impeach Strafford. But they looked to
Ireland for aid in preventing evidence in his favor being forthcoming from that country,
and accordingly, whilst the impeachment of the Earl was proceeding in England, the
House of Commons of Ireland impeached before the Irish House of Peers, the Lord
Chancellor (Sir Richard Bolton), Dr. John BramhaJl, Bishop of Deny, and Sir Gerard
Lowther, Chief Justice of the Commom Pleas, who were charged with being his counsellors
and assistants in the High Treason which was alleged against the Earl during the
period he had filled the office of Lord Lieutenant Audley Mervyn was employed to
conduct the impeachment, and the following is a specimen of the characteristic speech
which he made on that occasion to the Irish House of Peers : —
" My Lords,
'^ 1 am commanded by the Knights, Citizens and Burgesses of the Commons' House
" to present unto you Ireland's tragedy— the gray-headed Common Lawes Funerall and
" the active Statutes' death and obsequies. This dejected spectacle answers but the
** prefiguring type of Caesar's murther, wounded to death in the Senate — and by Brutus,
'* his bosom friend. Our Caesar's image by reflection, even the fundamental! Lawes and
** Statutes of this Kingdome, the sole meanes by which our estates are confirmed, our
" liberties preserved, our lives seciu^d, are wounded to death in the Senate — I mean in the
" Courts of Justice, and by Brutus too, even those persons that have received their beings
" and subsistence from them. So that here enters first those inseparable twinnes — Treason
** and Ingratitude. In a plaine phrase (my Lords) I tender unto you Treason, High
" Treason, such a Treason that wants nothing but words to express it. To counterfeit the
" King's Seale, to counterfeit the King's money, it is treason ; but this dyes with the
" individuall party. To betray a Fort is treason, but it dyes with a few men. To betray an
• In the National Portrait Gallery of the Dublin Exhibition, 1872, there was a portrait of Sir
Audley Mervyn, lent by Captain Archd^ill, M.P., a descendant of one of Sir Audle/s granddaughters.
t James Mervyn was a considerable ** Undertaker " of lands in the Barony of Omagh co. Tyrone.
(See Inq, Rot. Cane. Hib, Car. I, No. 35). I have previously stated (page 36) that this James Mervyn
settled in Ireland, and I now find that he did so m respect of property (mcluding Trelick) in the co. of
Tyrone which had been settled by Lord Audley upon the marriage of his daughter Christian with Sir
Henry Mervyn, and which property was by Deed dated 29 Au^t 1626 convey^ by Sir Henry and his
wife Christian to their son and hdr Tames, who in 1634 obtained a new Grant of the Estates from the
Crown. {Abst, Chancery Rolls, Ulstet^s Office, Ch. I, vol, i^ pp. 230-45.)
X Since the preceding pages were m print I have met with a notice of Sir Heniy Mervyn which
gives the precise date of his death and place of burial. It is in '< Luttrell Collection of Eulogies and
EIotcs," Vol. Ufp. 81. {Brit. Mm., C. 20/), and is a broad sheet printed in London 1646, entitled " An
" Elegie in memorie, and at the Interring of the body of the most famous and truely Noble Knight, Sir
" Henrie Mervyn. Pateme of all true v2our, worth, apd arts, who departed this life the 30 of May and
«« lyes interred at Westminster, Anno Do : 1646," " By W. Mercer." The Elegie is full of inflated
nonsense in which Sir Henry is styled — " The quickest Wit, the rarest mind, the best. Dame Nature's
" darling, singular in skill oi all the arts and sciences," &c., &c. — and closes with an Anagram on his name
— " Henrie Mervyn "—"Merry in He'ven."
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" Army is treason, but it dies with a limited number, which may bee reinforced againe by
" politique Industry. To blow up both Houses of Parliament is Treason ; but succeeding
** ages may replant Branches by a fruitful Posterity. But this High Treason which I doe
" now againe in the name of the House of Commons charge and impeach Sir Richard
" Bolton, Knight, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and Sir Gerrard Louther, Knight, Lord
" Chiefe Justice of the Conmion Pleas, John, Lord Bishop of Deny, Sir George Ratclifif,
" Knight, in its nature so farre transcends any of the former, that the rest seeme to be but
** Petty Larcenies in respect of this.
" What is it to subvert the fundamentall Lawes of this Kingdom ? High Treason.
" My Lords, having such a full and rushing Gale to drive me into the depth of these
" occasions, I can hardly steere and confine my course within the compasse of Patience,
" since I read in the first volume of their browes, the least of these to be tiie certaine
" mine of the subject : and if proved, a most favourable Prologue to usher in the Tragedy
'* of the Actors, Counsellors, and Abettors herein. What was then the first and maine
*' question ? It was the subversion of the fundamentall lawes of this Kingdom. Let then
" Magna Charta, that lies prostrated, besmeared, and grovelling in her owne goare,
** discount her wounds, as so many pregnant and undenyable proofes.
"... Yet, my Lords, though Magna Charta be so sacred for antiquity ; though
** its confirmation be strengthened by oath ; though it be the proper Dictionary tlwtt
** expounds meum and tuum, and assigpis every subject his birthright ; it onely survives
" in the Rolls, but is miserably rent and tome in the Practice.
" These words * Salvp Contenemento ' live in the Rolls, but these are dead in the
" Castle Chamber. These words * NuUus liber hujus ejicitur h libero suo tenemento in
" prjEJudicium parium' live in the Rolls, but they are dead where property and freehold are
'* determined by paper petitions. These words * NuUi Vendemus, nulli differemus justitiam '
" live in the Rolls, but they are dead when the suites, judgements, and execution of the
" Subject are wittingly and illegally suspended, retarded, and avoyded.
'* Shall we desire to search the mortall wounds inflicted upon the Statute Laws ; who
** sees them not lying upon their death-beds, stab'd by Proclamations; their primitive
" and genuine Tenures escheated by Acts of State, and strangled by Monopolies 1 Will
** you survey the liberties of the subject ? every prison spews out illegal attachments and
" commitments, — every pillory is dyed with the forced blood of the Subjects, and hath ears
*' though not to ear, yet to witnesse this complaint Inquire of the Nether
'* Lands why their fields are growne fertile by the inundations of blood, — why the pensive
" matrons solemnize too too frequent funerals of their husbands and issue, — and they will
" answer that it was for the preservation of their Lawes, which tyranny would have
" innovated. This Kingdom personated in the sable habit of a widow, with dishevelled
" haires, seems to petition your Lordships, that since she is a mother to most of us, yet
** certainly a nurse unto us all, that you would take some order for a redress of her
*' tyrranicall oppressions.
" The most vehement and trayterous encounter of Satan, is lively deciphered in the
" true example of Job, where first I observe the disanalogy; — he overthrows not Job's
" Magna Charta, he disseizes him not of his inheritance, nor dispossesses him of his
" leases, but only disrobes him of some part of his personall estate : when he proceeds to
" infringe Job's liberty, he doth not pillory him, nor cut off his eares, norboore him through
" the tongue. He only spots him with some ulcers : Here Satan staies, when these persons
** by their trayterous combinations envie the very blood that runnes unspilt in our veines,
" and by obtruding bloody Acts, damn'd in the last Parliament, will give Satan Size-Ace
" and the Dice, at Irish, in inthralling the lives of the Subjects, by their arbitrary
" judicature." *
In 1 64 1 Mervyn, again as the organ of the Puritan party in the Irish House of
Commons, was deputed to convey a message to the House of Lords, which gave him an
opportunity of making another of those pompous declamatory speeches in w-hich
throughout his public life he loved to indulge. Carte refers to his oratorical displays in
* " A Speech made before the Lords in the Upper House of Parliament in Ireland, by Captain
Audley Mervyn, March 4th 1640, together with certain Articles of High Treason against Sir Richd. Bolton,
Lord Chancellor; John Lord, Bishop of Deny; Sir Gerard Lowther, Lord Chief Justice of the Common
Pleas; and Sir George Radcliff, Knt" 4to, Printed, AD. 1641.
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language far from complimentary, he terms him " the most tiresome and continual speech-
" maker of the Puritan party in the House."
During the Irish Rebellion, which commenced in October 1641, and did not cease
until September 1643, Audley Merv)m appears to have abandoned his civil career for a
military one, and, although prominently connected with the Puritans, he kept up
communication with the Catholic party, which included members of his own family.
The Irish Rebellion was, according to Carte and other writers, brought about by
the Roman Catholic priests, who, not content with being allowed to exercise their religion
in a private manner, desired to have a public recognition of their right to celebrate their
offices with the same pomp as in those Catholic countries, in which the large majority of
them had been educated, and from whence they had returned to Ireland imbued with
principles of unlimited obedience to the Pope independent of their allegiance to their
King. The priests were seconded by the chiefs of the old Irish septs, who were discon-
tented with the dispossession of those tracts of land which their ancestors had forfeited
by their rebellion under the Earls of Tyrone and Tyrconnel in James the First's time,
and which had been granted to British undertakers, who had planted them to the great
civilisation and improvement of the county.*
Of the old chiefs who took an active part in the Rebellion, one of the first in
point of rank was Connor Macguire, Baron of EnniskiUing, the chief of the clan of that
name in the county of Fermanagh ; his brother Rory Macguire, to whom is attributed
many of the cruelties which marked the conduct of the rebels towards the English settlers,
had married Sir Audley Mervyn*s sister Deborah. From the statement subsequently ( 1 643)
made by Sir Audley to a Committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire as
to the outbreak of the Rebellion, it seems that Rory Macguire communicated with his
brother-in-law on the designs of the rebels as early as October 1641, when, to use
Mervyn's o^vn words, he " came unto Castle Trelich, in the county of Tyrone, being this
" exaniinate's then house, who, amongst other discourse, told this examinate it was resolved
" amongst themselves to employ him into England to represent unto His Majesty upon
" what grounds they had taken up arms, and what desires being granted, they would lay
" them down. The reasons, Rory Macguire acquainted this examinate, withal for the
" present were that the Parliament of England was fully bent to tiie extirpation of the
" Catholique religion, as was apparent in the execution of some of their priests, and that
" they (the Parliament) invaded the King's prerogative, in which their greatest security
" reposed."
To the reasons adduced Mervyn states that he opposed the following argument : —
" To the first I answered him, the power of the Parliament in England extended only to
" that kingdom, their statutes obliged not us until confirmed, it being found agreeable to
" the constitution of this kingdom, by our own Parliament As to the second, we were no
" competent judges of die Parliament's proceedings, &c., and further desired to know in what
" high point those poor Protestant souls already murdered had offended His Majesty's pre-
" rogative. He replied that when he came next with the heads of their remonstrance unto
" me, he would satisfy me in ever)- scruple. Upon his departure, this examinate called
" him aside, advising him (in respect the said Rory Macguire had married his sister, and
" by her got ;^9oo per annum inheritance) that he would desist from further prosecuting
** so barbarous and treasonable a design, and that it were feasible to procure his pardon,
" if he would bestow his endeavours in appeasing the rebellion."
Failing in persuading Macguire to abandon his connection with the outbreak,
Mervyn urged that he would " repress the fury of the fire and sword," in which appeal
he partially succeeded, and was enabled to give notice to the Protestants about him
** to dispose themselves to^va^ds Deny ;" " and so, by the blessing of God, many were
" saved, and this examinate, his wife, two sisters, and children escaped in the night,
* This is the view taken of the origin of the Rebellion by Carte and other writers ; but the Roman
Catholic Priests are not without their defenders, and amongst them Dr. Curry {Review of the Cknl Wo7's of
Ireland, Dublin, 1 786), who stoutly asserts their innocence, and endeavours to show that the English
Protestants were by their conduct responsible for the outbreak.
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" saving nothing but their lives. Such as remained (being deluded by the rebels* promises
^' and wedded to their own habitations) were massacred."*
Sir Audley, then Captain Mervyn, retired to Londonderry, where he principally
resided during the war, and became Colonel of one of the six regiments formed out of
the forces at the disposal of the Government in the province of Ulster, called the Laggan
Forces. The Civil War in Ireland ended, Mervyn again appears taking part in politics ;
and in 1643 he promoted, in his place in Parliament, the Declaration against the
Covenant, the taking of which the Scotch were then endeavouring to enforce in Ireland.
Ormonde, confiding in his loyalty, and considering him as a man of voluble tongue,
popular in the country, and capable of doing service to the Government, made him
Governor of Derry, in which character he forbad the preaching ministers from Scotland
to bring the Covenant into the city ; but after a time, the Covenanters gained so powerful
a footing there, that Sir Audley finding the stream too strong, yielded and took it himself.
The fact is, that Menyn was essentially a temporizer, and an able one ; he went with the
current, but always with an eye to the necessity that might arise for a change of course ;
accordingly he concurred with Sir Charles Coote and Lord Broghill in forwarding the
Restoration, and as a reward was made King's Sergeant by Privy Seal on 20 Sept 1660,
and by patent 21 March 1661. He was one of the Commissioners for executing the
King's Declaration of 3 Nov. 1660, for the settlement in Ireland, and in 1661 he was
elected Speaker of the House of Commons in that kingdom. This latter position gave
him further opportunities for speech making, and when the Duke of Ormonde was
appointed Lord Lieutenant, Sir Audley as Speaker, had audience with his Grace, at
which he delivered, "in his quaint, tropical, unintelligible manner of haranguing," a
speech of thanks at his Majesty's selection,! which was followed by an oration of similar
character, when he was presented as Speaker to the Lords Justices.{
A further opportunity for a display by the Speaker of his oratorical powers occurred
on the occasion of the House of Commons attending in 1662 the Lord Lieutenant, for
the purpose of urging that stricter rules and directions than those imposed by the King's
instructions should be laid down for the ordering of the proceedings of the Conunis-
sioners appointed for executing the Act of Settlement in Ireland. The House of Commons
was at that period composed principally of "adventurers" and soldiers, who, guided by
self-interest, desired that facilities should be afforded to the Cromwellian grantees, and
obstacles, practically insurmountable, should be interposed to prevent the Irish claimants
from recovering the lands of which Aey had been deprived. One of the rules which the
House desired should be imposed upon the Commissioners, was that when an Irish
claimant was dismissed, he should leave the deeds and charters on which he grounded his
claim in the Court. In addressing the Lord Lieutenant upon this part of the proposal of
the House, Sir Audley said : " As to that part that desires the Stings of nocent Papists
" to be left in the Court, it cannot work a prejudice for them; for the Lands being adjudged
" against them, to what purpose will the writings operate in their hands ? Bu^ Sir, I
" correct myself. They will have an operation. And this puts me in mind of an apposite
" similitude. Sir, in the North of Ireland the Irish have a custom in the winter when
" milk is scarce, to kill the calf and reserve the skin, and stuffing it with straw they set it
** upon four wooden feet, which they call a Puckan, and the cow will be as fond of this
" as she was of the living calf. She will low after it, and lick it, and give her milk down,
" so it stand but by her. Sir, these writings will have the operation of the Puckan ; for,
" wantmg the lands to which they relate they are but skins stuffed with straw. Yet, Sir,
" they will low after them, lick them over and over in their thoughts, and teach their
* See " A Collection of all the Public Orders, Ordinances, and Declarations, of both Houses of
" Parliament from 9 March 1642-3 until December 1646, pp. 256-259. Folio, London, Edward Husband,
" Printer to the House of Commons, 1646."
f Cartels Life of Ormonde y vol. u. , /. 237.
i ** A speech made by Sir Audley Mervyn, his Majesty's Prime Serjeant-at-Law in Ireland, the llth
" day of May in the House of Lords when he was presented Speaker by the Commons, before the Right
" Honorable Sir Maurice Eustace, Knight, Lord Chancellour of Ireland, Roger Earl of Orrery, and Charles
" Earl of Mountrath, his Majesty's Lords Justices of his Kingdome oC Ireland." Ordered (on 1 1 May 1661)
to be printed and published by the House of Conmions. Dublin, 1661, 4to.
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** children to read by them instead of Hornbooks, and if any venom be left, they will give
" it down on the sight of the Puckan, and entail the memory of revenge though the estate
« tail be cut ofif."
From the simile thus used the speech was known as " The Speaker's * Puckan '
Speech."*
The reply which the Lord Lieutenant and his Council returned to the proposals
made by the House of Commons not being satisfactory to the majority of the Members,
it was ordered by resolution of the House, that the Speaker's speech should be printed in
Dublin, which was done, and it was reprinted in London, and distributed with great
industry by those who desired to stir up the Protestant cry against the Catholics. The
speech contained many oflfensive passages, and the Duke of Ormonde wrote to the
House complaining of their having printed the speech with " inconsequent inferences
and offensive passages." The English printer of the speech was taken up at the instance
of the Crown, and die Dublin printer prosecuted ; but Sir Audley, protected by his official
position, appears to have escaped any personal ill-consequences, although the imprudence
be had committed in advocating, in the violent terms he did, the views of the House of
Commons, lost for him all Court favour, and apparently terminated his public career,
although he survived some fourteen years. He died 24 Oct. i675,t having made his
will dated the i8th of the same month,J and was buried on 26th of the same month at
St Werbuigh's Church, Dublin.**
At the time of his death there appears to have been a debt due from the Crown to
Sir Audley, or as it is expressed in the Address from the Irish House of Parliament to the
Lord-Lieutenant Lord Capel, " a debt of ;^6,ooo, due to the children of Sir Audley
Mervin, Knight, formerly Speaker of the House of Commons in this kingdom, for his
long and faithful service to the Protestant interest of this kingdom ."f This Address was
forwarded with a letter dated 5th Nov. 1695, from Lord Capel to the Lords of the
Treasury (Cal. Treasury Papers^ vol. xxxv., 1695), and in the Treasury Minute Book
(vol, vL,p. 103), mention is made of an order that the Address is to be laid before the
King, and again (/. 114) the Address was minuted as " read and respited 3" but I have
not been able to trace the allowance of the payment
About two months previous to his death, Sir Audley executed a deed "for
" the better settling his estates in his family name and blood," by which he conveyed
his estates to trustees, to the use of himself for life, and after his death (subject to
provisions for Dame Martha, his wife, and his younger children) to the use of Henry
Mervyn his eldest son, in tail male, remainder to Hugh his second son, remainder to
George his third son, with ultimate remainder to his own right heirs.J
Sir Audley Mervyn married twice. His first wife was MARY DILLON, § by whom
he had issue : —
L Henry Mervyn, his eldest son,|| of whom hereafter.
I. Lucy, died unm., i Jan. 167 1, and was buried, as appears by her funeral
certificate, at St. Werburgh's church, Dublin. IF
Sir Audley's second wife was MARTHA, daughter of Sir Hugh CLOTT-
WORTHY, of Antrim, Knight, who survived her husband, and died 24th, and was
buried on the 27th August 1685, at St Werburgh's, Dublin,** By her he left issue : —
I. Hugh MERVYNjft who was of the Naul, in the barony of Duleek, co. Meath,
and subsequently of Baldwinstown, in the same county. He certified
• ** The speech of Sir Audley Merv^, Knight, His Majesty's Prime Seneant-at-Law, and Speaker of
** the House of Commons in Ireland ; Delivered to his Grace Tames Duke of Ormonde, Lord Lieutenant of
*' Ireland, the 13 day of February 1662 in the Presence Chamber in the Castle of Dublin. Containing the
*' sum of affairs in Ireland j But more especially the interest of Adventurers and souldiers." — Dublin and
London 1662 ^to.
t See Appendix V., p. il % See Appendix V., p. iv. § Betham's Pedigree.
II See also the Commons' Address to the Lord-Lieutenant, which will be found to contain some
particulars of Sir Audley's family. Appendix V., p. iii.
^ See Appendix V., p. ii. ** See Funeral Certificate, Appendix V., p. ii.
j\ See the Commons' Address to the Lord Lieutenant Appendix V., p. iii.
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the accuracy of the Funeral Certificate of his mother in 1685.* He married
Frances, daughter of . . . • Talbot. By his Will, dated 20 September
i723,t (made when he was about 79 years of age), he, after giving a life
estate in Baldwinstown to his widow, bequeathed to his eldest son Arthur
Mervyn all his real estates, subject to annuities to his two daughters
Martha and Frances. Hugh Mervyn died in 1727, leaving his widow
surviving, as also tliree children, as under : —
I, Arthur Mervyn of Baldwinstown and the Naul, the only son, whose
will was dated the 28th March, and proved 23rd May i776.t He
was twice married, first to Elizabeth, daughter of Hampson
and sister of Charles Hampson of Nonsuch, and widow of . . . .
Magauly, who died in 1767 (having made her will dated 17 April,
and proved 15 September i767,t) by whom he had issue two
daughters, viz.: —
1. Frances, who is mentioned in her mother's will (1767), as
also in her father's will (1776).
2. Letitia, who appears to have made "an imprudent
marriage " with . . . Hogan, was cut off by her mother's
will with '* one shilling f a treatment also adopted by
her father in his will (1776), whereby it was also declared
that " neither she nor her issue shall ever inherit any of
" my fortune real or personal."
After his first wife's death, Arthur Mervyn appears to have married,
in 1768,$ Jane Cunningham, the ^ridow of the Rev. Caleb
Cartwright, whose will is dated 12th March i769,t between which
year and 177 1 she died, not having had any issue by Arthur
Mervyn, who however left, as appears by his will, an illegitimate
son called Arthur Russell, a/ias Merv\'n. On the testator's
death in 1776, the male issue in the legitimate line of Sir Audley
Mervyn became, so far as I can ascertain, extinct.
1. Martha, mentioned in her father's will (1723), and was living in
1 73 1 j§ at which time she was the wife of Thomas Bamfield Russell
of Curragh, co. Dublin.
2. Frances, also mentioned in her father's will (1723).
II. George Mervyn, || the second son of Sir Audley Mervyn, (by his second
wife, Martha Clottworthy), was married in 1680 to Elizabeth, eldest
daughter of Sir Walter Burrowes of Gilltown, co. Kildare, Bart., and widow
of William Jones, son of Henry Jones, Bishop of Meath. He is men-
tioned in the Address presented by the Irish House of Commons in 1695
to the Lord Lieutenant, in reference to the claims of the then late Sir
Audley Mervyn. His issue were two children, viz. : —
I. Audley Mervyn, who is mentioned in the Funeral Certificate of
his grandmother Martha Lady Mervyn (1685).*
I . Eleanor, also mentioned in that Certificate *
I. Christian, who married Robert Cecil of Tewin, co. Herts, son of William
Cecil of Tewin, and grandson of William Cecil, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, K.G.^
* See Funeral Certificate, Appendix V., p. ii.
t See Abstract of the Will, Appendix V., p. v.
t Betham's Pedigree. § See Abstract Deed, Appendix V., p. ri.
11 See the Commons* Address to the Lord Lieutenant, Appendix V., p. IL
% See ** Clutterbuck^ s History of Hcrts^^^ vol. ii., p. 341, and Funeral Certificate of Martha Lady
Mervyn, which also mentions two children of the marriage, vizt, William and Robert Cecil, Appendix V.,
p. ii.
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HENRY MERVYN, the eldest son and heir of Sir Audley Mervyn, (by his first
wife,) was of Trelich, co. Tyrone, and appears to have succeeded to the extensive estates
in that county, which were possessed by his father, and by his uncle Captain James
Mervyn. He was twice married, his first wife being HANNAH, the daughter of Sir
John KNOX, of Dublin, Knight, by whom he had issue an only son and three daughters.
In 1684 Henry Mervyn was party to a post-nuptial settlement on the marriage of
his son Audley with Olivia Coote, whereby he settled his estates upon the issue of that
marriage, with remainder to the heirs male of his stepbrother Hugh Mervyn, with
remainder to Hugh's brother George, in tail male. His desire, as set forth in the settle-
ment, being that the estate should continue in the name, blood, and family of Mervyn.*
After the death of his first wife, Henry Mervyn married SUSANNA, the youngest
daughter of Sir William BALFOUR, Knight, of PitcuUo, Fifeshire, N.B., and widow of
Hugh Lord Hamilton, Baron of Glenawly, co. Fermanagh, Ireland. She died on
the nth, and was buried on the 14th December 1687, in St Werburgh's church,
Dublin, without having, as appears by her Funeral Certificate,t had any issue by her
second husband.
Henry Mervyn died in 1699, ha^ng made his will, dated 10 December 1696 ; pr.
21 August 1 70 1 4 leaving issue by his first wife: —
I. Audley Mervyn of the Naul, of whom hereafter.
1. Elizabeth, married William Archdall, of Castle Archdall, co. Fermanagh,
by whom she had issue two sons and one daughter.
I. Mervyn Archdall, mentioned in the will of his uncle Audley
Mervyn (17 17), and who died 1727 unmarried.
II. Edward Archdall, who married, but died without issue, before
1730-
I. Angel Archdall, who eventually, on the death of her brothers,
became the heiress of her father, married Nicholas Montgomery,
of Deny Connelly, ca Fermanagh, who assumed the surname
^ of Archdall, § and was the great-grandfather of Captain Mervyn
Edward Archdall, M.P. for Tyrone {living 1873).
2. Martha, who married Edward Carey, of Dungiven,! by whom she had
issue a son.
Henry Carey, mentioned in the will of his uncle Audley Mervyn
(17 17), and who died in September 1756; IF who appears to have
married Anne Hamilton, and to have had issue, of whom Letitia,
eventually sole heiress, married 8th August 1738, William Blacker
of Castle Blacker, in Ireland, and had issue.**
3. Deborah, the wife of James Moutray, of Aghamoyles, otherwise Favour-
Royal, CO. Tyrone, whose wiU, dated 10 March 1718-19, was proved
26 January 17 19, and by whom she had issue a son and daughters.]
James Moutray, of Favour-Royal, the son, married (1698) Rebecca,
eldest daughter of James Corry, of Castlecoote, co. Fermanagh,
the great great-grandfather of the Rev. John James Moutray, of
Favour-Royal (Jiving i873).||
AUDLEY MERVYN, of Trelich, co. Tyrone, and also of the Naul, co. Meath,
only son of Henry Mervyn and Hannah Knox, and grandson and heir of Sir Audley
Mervyn, married about 1683-4 OLIVIA, one of the five daughters of Richard COOTE,
• See Abstract of the Deed, Appendix V., p. iv.
t See ^"^ Lodge and ArchdalV s Peerage^ Ireland, yoX, iL, p.
. 300, and Funeral Certificate, Appendix V.,
p. IL
t Betham's Pedigree.
I See " Lodge and ArchdalPs Peerage, Ireland,** vol. iii., p. 280.
Ex rele. Sir Bernard Burke, Ulster. % See Appendix V., p. v.
** See " Burkes Landed Gentry,'* ed. 1863, article " Blacker."
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Baron Coloony,* who died in i720,t having survived her husband, J who was buried
in Christ Church, Dublin, i8 June i7i7,§ leaving a will dated 15th and proved
27 June 1717,11 as to the construction of which, in connection with the limitations of the
settlement made in 1 7 1 1 by Audley Mervyn on the marriage of his son Henry with Mary
Tichbome, considerable litigation arose. Audley Mervyn, of Trelich, on his death, left
four sons and two daughters, viz. : —
I. Henry Mervyn of Trelich, who was bom before the i8th Dec. 1684 (the
date of the post-nuptial settlement on his father and mother's marriage, in
the limitations of which he is mentioned), was married in 17 11 to Mary,
the widow of . • . Tichborne, who appears to have died in 1735. It
would seem that the large estates which had been acquired by Sir Audley
Mervyn and by his brother James, had descended to Henry Mervyn,
who sold the principal portion^of them; and it was in reference to one
of the sales, that tfie litigation to which I have referred, took place.T
Henry Mervyn by his will in 1747** devised in strict settlement such of
his estates as he had not sold, to the use of his brother-in-law James
Richardson, who had married his sister Anne, with remainder to their
daughter Letitia, with remainder to his kinsman Mervyn Archdall, with
remainder to his nephew Wesley Harman, with remainder to his nephew
William Irvine. Henry Mervyn died witiiout any issue, and with him
terminated the eldest male line of the descendants of Sir Audley Mervyn.
II. Audley Mervyn of the Naul, mentioned in his father's will (17 17), died
ist February 1 747, unmarried. ft
III. James Mervyn, also mentioned in his father's will (171 7), died either in
1721 or 1726 unmarried, and was buried in the church of Clonmarden.JJ
IV. Theophilus Mervyn, also named in his father's will (17 17), died unmarried
in I736.tt
I. Lucy, eldest daughter of Audley Mervyn and Olivia Coote, married in the
lifetime of her father to Wentworth Harman of Moyle, co. Longford, the
son of Wentworth Harman of the same place. Captain of the " Battle
Axe Guards," by his first wife Margaret, daughter of Garrett Wesley of
Dangan, co. Meath, by Anne daughter of ... . Cusack, and relict
of Christopher Nugent.§§ Lucy Mervyn at her death in 1737 left issue by
her husband Wentworth Harman two sons : —
I. Wesley Harman, mentioned in the will of his uncle Henry Mervyn
(1747), died 6 April 1758, having married Mary, daughter of tiie
Rev. Nicholas Milley, D.D., of Carlow, by whom he had issue || ||
one son and one daughter : —
I. Wentworth Harman.
L Lucy, mentioned in the deed of 19th August 1747, as then
living. '
II. Thomas Harman, Comet of a Regiment of Horse; bapt. 16
January 1728, d. 9 May 1765.
* See Funeral Certificate of Richard Coote, Baron Coloony (Appendix V., p. ii.), which mentions
the marriage of his daughter Olivia with Audley Mervyn.
t Betham in his pedigree states that Mrs. Olivia Mervyn made a will, dated 5th and proved loth
April 1720.
" See ^^ Lodge and ArchdcUVs Peerage^ Irdand^^^ vol. iii., p. 208.
See Fun. Cert, Appendix V., p. iiL || See Abstract of the Will, Appendix V., p. iv.
■ See Appendix V., p. iv. ** See Abstract of the Will, Appendix V., p. v.
See Appendix V., p. v.
See Funeral Certificate, Appendix V., p. iii.
See *^ Lodge and ArchdaW s Peerage^ Ireland,^* vol. iii., p. 237.
Ex, auct'' Sir Bernard Burke, Ulster, in correction of Lodge and Archdall, who state erroneously
that Wesley Harman died s.P. See also Appendix V., p. vL, Abstract of deed of 19th August 1747.
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2. Eleanor, who was mentioned in her fether's will (17 17), married (2nd wife)
Christopher Irvine, of Castle Irvine, co. Fermanagh, High Sheriff of
that county (1725), named in the will of his brother-in-law Henry Mervyn
(1747), and party to deed of 31 July 1752.* Mrs. Irvine survived her
husband, and was living a widow in 1 760, (when she was party to the
Appeal, '* Teatt v. Strong," Appendix V^ p. iv.,) having had issue two
sons and three daughters, viz. : —
I. William Irvine, of Casde Irvine, M.P. for Ratoath ; b. 1734;
mentioned in will of his uncle Henry Mervyn (1747).
This William Irvine was the great-grandfather ot Henry Mervyn -
D'Arcy-Irvine, of Castle Irvine, who died in July 1870, leaving
issue by his wife Huntly-Mary Prittie, a son Henry-Huntly, b.
14 Aug. 1863.
II. Henry Irvine, mentioned in will of his uncle Henry Mervyn (1747).
1. Olivia, mentioned in will of her great uncle Arthur Mervyn (1776).
2. Mary.
3. Eleanor.
3. Anne, mentioned in her father's will (17 17), and also in the will of
her brother Henry (1747), was party to a deed in i752,t and was living a
widow in 1760.$ She married twice, her first husband being Hugh Edwards,
of Casdegore, co. Tyrone, by whom she had three children, viz. ; —
I. James Edwards.
1. Elizabeth, eldest daughter, party to deed of 7 January 1752.!
2. Olivia.
After the death of Hugh Edwards, Anne married James Richardson of
Castiehill, co. Tyrone, who on his marriage took the surname of Mervyn,
and by whom she had issue an only child —
Letitia, who is mentioned in the will of her uncle Henry Mervyn
(1747), and who married in 1764 Richard Rochfort (son of
Robert Rochfort, Earl of Belvidere and Lieut -Col. of the 39th
Regiment), who also on his marriage assiuned the surname of
Mervjm, but died in 1776 without issue. §
4. Jane, mentioned in her father's will (1717) ; died in 1725 s.p.
5. Euphalia, buried 15 January 17 14, unmarried.li
* See Appendix V., p. vi. f See Appendix V., p. vi.
J Party to the Appeal, " Teatt c. Strong," Appendix V., p. iv.
§ Betham's Pedigree. || See Funeral Certificate, Appendix V., p. ii.
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CHAPTER
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HE Mervyns have borne three coats, each distinct from the other. That
which I have above designated the " First Coat," was borne by Sir John
Mervyn (i 566), of Fountel-Giffard, and in the absence of a Grant, of which I find
no trace, may be assumed to have belonged to him by descent from his great-
grandfather John Mervyn (1476); if so. it equally attaches to the Durford, Pertwood, Devon-
shire, and Irish branches, and may be used by persons entitled to bear the arms of either
of those families. The "Second Coat" seems to have belonged specially* to the Pertwood
branch and thence by descent to the Devonshire Mervyns. The " Third Coat "
was exclusively that of the Irish branch, unless indeed, it was theirs by descent from the
Merfyns by whom it was borne (&£ Appendix I.,/, xv.) ; but as I have failed to establish
any connection with that family, it will be safer to assume that Sir Henry Mervyn (1636),
adopted it in substitution for his paternal coat, an act recognised by the Irish Heralds, as
proved by the Arms given by them, in his, and his descendants' funeral certificates. (See
* There is, however, evidence that one member of the Fountel-GifTard family bore this coat. (Vide
ante, p. 9, footnote % and post p. 92.)
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Appendix IL, p. iv., and Appendix V., p. ii.) Hence it would follow that all the members
of the Fountel-Giflfard, Durford, Pertwood, Devonshire, and Irish branches were entitied
to use the " First Coat ;" that the Pertwood and Devonshire branches were also entitled
to bear the " Second Coat ;'* and that in addition to the " First Coat," the Irish Mervyns
were entitled to quarter the " Third Coat.'*
I. MERVYN. The earliest authority for the coat of Mervyn as
here given, viz.: — ^^ SabU^ 3 lyons pass^- guard*- ^ per pale or and argent ^^
I is, so farasi can ascertain, the Funeral Certificate of Sir John Mervyn
who died iglh June 1566, (Ms. Coll. Arm. "/. 13," /• 75- See
Appendix I., p. xii). It should however, be remarked that another coat
is attributed to Sir John in the Ms. now in the Cottonian Collection
of the British Museum, ^^ Claudius C iii.^' p, 169, being, "The names
** and arms of those that were advanced to the honorable ordre of
" Knighthode in the happy reign of Kinge Edward the Sixt." In this
Ms. appears the name of " Sir John Mervyn,'* as having been knighted
at the camp at Roxburgh by the Protector Duke of Somerset, I Edw. VI. ; and in con-
nection with that entry, the following arms are given, viz.: — ^^Argenty a demi-lyon rampant
sable.'' There is corroborative evidence that about that date a member of the Foimtel
branch of the family, bore the la^-mentioned coat; for in the Visitation of Wilts in 1565,
(Ms. Coll. Arm. " G. 8/' /. 48*- ) there is a record of the marriage of Elizabeth Mervyn,
(sister of Sir John above-mentioned, ) with Thomas Hall of Bradford, co. Wilts, and her
arms, in impalement with her husband's, are there tricked thus: — Quarterly ist and 4th,
Argent, a demi-lyon rampant sable -y 2nd and 3rd, Ermine, a Squirrel sejeant gules, cracking
a nut or. Sir James Mervyn, the eldest son of Sir John, used the arms given in his
father's funeral certificate, as appears from the remains of his seal affixed to two original
letters written by him to Lord Burghley, ( Lansd, Ms. N^- 70, Arts, 66 6r* -jo). The coat
attributed to Sir James in the list of Kjiights in the Brit. Mus. (Add. Ms. 5482 fo.
14*^ is *^ Sable, 3 lyons pass, guard*- argent.'*
Almost contemporary with Sir John Mervyn's funeral certificate
(1566) there is a record of the second coat of arms borne by the
Mervyn family, viz.: — ^^ Argent, a demi-lyon rampant sable, charged
on the shoulder with a fleur-de-lis or,'* which occurs (Mervyn of
Pertwood,) in the Visitations of Wilts, 1565 and 1623. (Mss.
Coll. Arm. '' G. 8,"/. 54, and " i, C. 22," p. 23*) That coat,
excepting the charge of the fleur-de-Us, is identical with the arms
attributed to Sir John Mervyn and his sister Elizabeth HaD, as
before mentioned.
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The anns borne by the Irish branch of the family appear to have
been, uniformly, *'Or, a chevron sabU;' being the coat adopted by Sir
Henry Mervyn, Admiral of the Narrow Seas, as shown by his seal
attached to an original letter from him to the Admiralty Com-
missioners. (Sie ante, pp, 29 and 35.) This bearing was similar to
that used by the family of Merfyn of Kent and London ; as to which
see Appendix I., p. xv.
II. SQUERIE. This coat, " ErmifUy a squirrel sejeant gules,
cracking a nut or^^ is given in Philipott*s " Survey of Kent " as borne
by Squerie, of Squerie's Court in the parish of Westerham, in that
county; one of the co-heiresses of which family married Richard
Mervyn, of Fountel. {See ante, pp. 3, 4.) It first appears in con-
nection with the Mervyn coat, in Sir John's funeral certificate, to
which reference has been made.
III. MOMPESSON of Bathampton, co. Wilts.
Mary Mompesson, the wife of Walter Mervyn, whose
paternal coat " Argent, a lyon rampant sable,'* is here
. impaled with the arms of her husband, was entitled to the
two quarterings of Godwyn " Gules, a chevron ermine
between 3 leopards' faces or^ and Dre\^te ^^ Ermine, a
lyon passant gules'' Vide Visit, of Wilts, 1623, Ms.
Coll. Arms. (" i, C 22,"/. 9.)
IV, GREEN. The coat of John "Green" or
"Grene," of Stotfold, CO. Beds, whose daughter and
co-heiress, Elizabeth (by a co-heiress of Latimer) married
John Mervyn, of Fountel, as given by Philipott in his
collections for Bedfordshire, Ms. Coll. Arms. {'' Philipott* s
Beds 49," p. 16), was ^^ Azure, 3 stags trippant or,** as
shown in the illustration. Elizabeth Green, altho' the
daughter of a co-heiress, was not (as has been supposed)
entitled to quarter the arms of her mother ; that lady having
remarried Sir John Mordaunt, and by him had male issue.
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V. BASKERVILLE. The arms, " Argent, a chevron
between 3 hurts, the chevron charged with a crescent or,''
here given as those of Jane, daughter of Philip Baskerville,
of Erdesley, co. Hereford, are from the funeral certificate of
Sir John Mervyn, of Fountel, whose first wife she was.
It should, however, be remarked that in the Ms. in the
College of Arms, in which I find the marriage reeorded,
{*^Fin, iss" p- 65*) the arms given for Baskerville vary in
the respect that instead of azure, the chevron is gules ; a
colouring apparently followed by all modem authorities.
VI. MOMPESSON. The coat of Elizabeth, the
daughter of John Mompesson, of Bathampton, who was the
second wife of Sir John Mervyn, is here given, with the
quarterings to which she was entitled, viz., ist Mompesson,
as before described ; 2nd Godwyn ; 3rd Drewe, as described
under No. III.; 4th Watkin, ** Azure, a /esse between 3
leopardi fcues jessant-de4is orr Mss. Coll. Arm. ("i, C
22,"/. 9*, " Vin. X47,"A 45*.)
VII. CATESBY. The aims of Jane Catesby, who
first married Robert Gaynesford, and secondly Edmund
Mervyn, were ^^ Argent, 2 lyons passant sable, crowned or .''
Ms. ColL Arm . (" Vincenfs Northamptonshire, 1 1 4,"/. 157.)
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VIII. CLARKE. The coat belonging to Amye
Clarke, the wife of Sir James Mervyn, " Or, 2 bars azure;
in chief 3 escallops; in fesse a mullet gules J^'* Bodleian
Library. (Z^j Mss, ''WoocPs Coll, 14 Z).")
*' their splendour or J"
IX. PILKINGTON. The arms given by Philipott,
in his collections for Berks and Bedford, Ms. Coll. Arms,
{Fhilipott 3, 2, I, fo. 21.) as those to which Debora,
daughter and co-heir of James Pilkington, Bishop of
Durham, who (having first married Walter Dunch, and
=^ after his death, 4th June 1 594,) married Sir James Mervyn,
ip^^ was entitled, were. Quarterly, i and 4 Argent a cross patonce
gules, voided of the field, for Pilkington ; 2 and 3 Paly of
six argent and gules, on a bend sable 3 mullets ^r for .... ;
the whole charged with a crescent for difference. But it
should be noted that another coat, being a variance of
the coat of Pilkington, was confirmed to the Bishop, by
Dethick, Garter, loth Feb. 1 560, viz. : — " Argent a cross
^^ patonce gules voided of the field, on a chief vert 3 suns in
Ms. Coll. Arm. (" Vincent 169, " Gifts of Arms;' fo, 21.)
X. AUDLEY. The arms borne by George Baron
AuDLEY, (subsequently created Earl of Castlehaven,) who
married for his first wife Lucy, the only child and heiress
of Sir James Mervyn, of Fountel-Giffard, Knight, were : —
Quarterly i and 4, Ermine, a chevron gules for Touchet,
2 and 3 Gules afrette or, for Audley.
• These arms are similar (except the colour of the field and the escallops) to the coat given to
Erington, of Walwick Grange, co. Northumberland, viz.:— Argent, 2 bars az. m fesse a mullet and m chief
3 escallops of the second, {Sic Ilarl Ms, is6s, A J^-, ^»g copy Visit, Wilts tn isOj.)
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XL PAKENHAM. The coat here impaled with Mervyn is that of Elizabeth
the 3rd daughter and co-heir of Sir Edmund Pakenham of Sussex, viz. : — Quarterly
or and gules, in the first quarter an eagle displayed vert; to which she was entitled
to add the four following quarterings, viz.; — de Valonijs (Paly wavy of six argent and
gules) Creke {Sable, a liand ppr, in a maunche, {arg, or or.) grasping a fleur de lis or).
Glanville, (Argent, a chief indented azure), and Blundus {Lozengy or atid sable). Sec
Mss. Coll. Arm. {'' Vincents Baronage 20," //. 26^ 27, and " Vine. Sussex 121/' p. 373.)
XII. WINDSOR. The following is the description
of the full coat of arms to which Edith, daughter of
Sir Anthony Windsor, (who married Henry Mervyn of
Durford,) was entitled according to the records of the
College of Arms, viz: — Quarterly of eight ist and 8th,
Windsor, Gules, a saltire argent between 12 cross crosslets
or. 2nd, MoLYNES, Azure, across fiory argent pierced of the
field. 3rd, BiNTWORTH, Gules, 5 lyoncels rampt. (i, 3, and i)
or. 4th, Andrews, Argent, on a bend coHsed sable, 3 mullets
of the field. 5th, Weyland, Argent, on a cross gules,
5 escallops or, 6th, Burnaville, Gules, a rose barbed and
seeded or. 7th, Stratton, Argent, on a cross sable five
besants. Mss. Coll. Arm. ('' Vincent 20,"/- 237; ''PhzU-
potfs Mullett,'' p. 175, where a full pedigree of the Windsor
family will be found).
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XIII. JEPHSON. The arras of Anna Jephson, who
married Edmund Mervyn of Durford, are recorded with
the family pedigree of Jephson in the Visitation of Hants,
1622-34, Ms. Coll. Arm^ (" C. 19/'/- 82), as " Azure, a /esse
embattled or, between 3 cocks' hiads of the last, combed arid
what tied gules. "
XIV. RYVES. The arms of Ryves of Damory Court, and
Ranston co. Dorset, are recorded with the pedigree (which
gives the double marriage pf that family with Mervyn of Fountel
and Mervyn of Knoyle), in the Visitation of Wilts, 1623. Ms.
Coll. Arm. (" i. C. 22," /. 192), thus " Argetit^ on a bend cotised
sabUy three lozenges ermine^
XV. SHELDON. The arms here given ''Sable, a f esse
argent between 3 sheldrakes ppr'' are recorded in the College of
Anns as the coat of Sheldon in the Visitation of Worcester 1634
Ms. Coll. Arms (" C 30,"/. 98). The authority for its introduc-
tion as the arms borne by Sheldon, of Manston co. Dorset, is the
monumental stone still existing in the chancel of Pertwood
Church, erected about 1 734, under the directions in the will of
Sheldon Mervyn (Appendix III., p. viii.) "and my' Coat of
Arms fairly cut."
XVI. VAVASOUR and YATES Or, on a /esse indented
sable afleur delis argent, being the Arms exemplified and confirmed
in 1 79 1 to Henry Nooth on taking the surname and arms of
Vavasour (of SpaJdington). Ms. Coll. Arms {Grants 17,/. 326)
. impaling Yates : — Per /esse sable and ermine, on a /esse embattled
counter embattled between 3 gates, as many goats' heads erased, all
counter changed, which was the coat granted in 1791 to Anne
AssHETON NooTH, eldest daughter and co-heir of Mail Yates,
then late of Maghull in co. Lancaster, and wife of Henry
NooTH of Sturminster co. Dorset. Ms. Coll. Arms. {Grants 17,
A 318-)
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XVII. NEWTE. ''Gules, a chevron between three human
hearts argent^ each pierced through with a sword in bend sinister
ppr, hilt and pommel or'' This coat is registered (with the
addition of a bordure wavy or) in the College of Arms
(" Grants,* 24," /. 25^, and is engraved on the monumental
stone in the church at Heanton Punchardon, co. Devon, recording
the death of Christian, the daughter of the Revd. Richard
Newte, of Tiverton, and wife of the Revd. William Mervyn,
of Heanton. See aiso " Prince's Worthies of Devon " (fo, ed.
1701,/. 476>
XVIII. BURRIDGE, of Tiverton, co. Devon. ''Azure,
three dolphins naient embotved argent; on a chief or, three rudders
sable" This coat was granted 8th March 1700, by Sir Thomas
St. George {Garter), and Sir Henry St. George, Clarencieux,
(Ms. Coll. Arm. " Reg^^ Nob: 6- Gent: Vr fo. 42) to Robert
Burridge the father of Margaret Burridge, who married
Richard Mervyn, of Marwood, co. Devon.
XIX. CHICHESTER, of Hall, co. Devon. With the
Chichester coat, which is here impaled with Mervyn, viz. : " Chequy
or and gules, a chief vair" Dorothy Chichester was, according
to the entries in the College of Arms, entitled to quarter the
following four coats: — i. Raleigh; Gules, a bend vair, between
6 cross crosslets or, 2. Graas; Ermine, a f esse between 3 cinguefoils
gules. 3. Hall; Azure, a chei^ron ermine between 3 chaplets or,
4. Gough ; Sable, a chevron between 3 mermaids argent^ each holding
a mirror in the hand, — Visit. Devon, 1620, Ms. Coll. Arms,
("i.C.i ,"/• 23*'). The foregoing were not, however, the only
quarterings to which Dorothy Chichester, as daughter of Arthur
Chichester of Hall, was entitled. The full coat would appear to be as follows: —
I. Chichester; as above, 2. Raleigh; as above. 3. Stockay; Azure, six martlets
3, 2, and I or; on a canton of the last, a mullet gules. 4. Peverell; AzurCy three garbs
argent banded gules, a chief or, 5. Graas; as aboz^e. 6. Watton or Wotton ; Gules,
three garbs argent, 7. Moells ; Argent, two bars gules, in chief three torteaux. 8. Prouz ;
Sable, three lyons rampant argent, 9. Prouz (2nd Coat) ; Argent, three blcukamoors' heads
in profile sable. 10 ; Sable, a f esse between three mullets or, 11. Dymoke ;
Sable, two lyons passant argent ducally crowned or, 12. Hall; as above. 13. Gough;
as above. See Ms. Coll. Arms, (" Norfolk t," p, 87.)
* Being a Grant and Exemplification to Thomas Mountford, the illegitimate son of Thomas Newte
of Tiverton, co. Devon, on his taking the surname of Newte, under the will of his father 1806. So far as I
can ascertain, the legitimate descendants of the Revd. Richard Newte are extinct ; if so, the descendants of
Christian Newte and William Mervyn would be entitled to quarter the above coat
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XX. CUTCLIFFE, of Damage, in the parish of Ilfracombe,
CO. Devon. " Gules y three pruning knives argent'' In the Visitation
of Devonshire, in 1620, (Ms. Coll. Arm. "i.C.i,"/. 217) the
pedigree of this family was recorded ; but the arms were omitted
to be described or tricked This omission was afterwards supplied
on a special application, in 1673, to the Earl Marshall, by John
Cutcliffe, of Ilfracombe.
XXI. DRAKE, Quarterly, i & 4, Drake. Argent,
a wyvem with tail nowed gules ^ 2nd & 3rd, Hacche,
GuleSy two demi-lyons passant guardiant or. Visit Devon,
1620 (Ms. Coll. Arms. " i C. i,** //. 187 and 218^)
impaling quarterly ist, Cutcliffe, as above, 2nd, Mervyn
(PertwoodJ, 3rd, Mervyn (Fountel) and 4th, Squerie.
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by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Philipot, Knight, of Thruxton,
CO. Southampton, who married Captain James Mervyn, eldest son
and heir of Sir Henry Mervyn, Knight, of the Durford Branch.
{Fufieral Certificate, Ulster's Office, vol ix.^p. 42.)
XXIII. CLOTWORTHY, of Antrim, Ireland. Azure, a
chevron erm, between three chaplets or, being the arms of Martha,
the daughter of Sir Hugh Clotworthy, of Antrim, and second
wife of Sir Audley Mervyn, Knight. (Funeral Certificate, Ulster's
Office, vol xi,,p, 73.>
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Af)0trart0 of '' Jitquisittoness; ^ont portent/'
ImnitfitiOII taken at Devizes, in the county of Wilts, after the death of WALTER MERVYN :— 14th October,
4 Hen. VIII.
The jurors found that Walter Mervyn was seized of the Manors of Fontel Gyfford and Famehyll, in (1512) No. 74.
CO. WMlts, in his demesne as of fee, and that on 9th April, 1 Hen. VIII. [15 10] he enfeoffed Henry
Bodenham, Ambrose Dauntsey, William Dauntsey, and others, of the same Manors for the fulfilment of his
last will, which he afterwards made on 20th November, 2 Hen. VIII. [l^io] ; whereby he willed that
Elizabeth Marvyn, widow of John Marvyn deceased, ^ould receive the issues and profits of the said
Manors as long as she remained sole, and after her death, or if she married, the said issues and profits were
to go to John Mervyn, kinsman and heir of the said Walter (to Wit), son of John, son of the said Walter,
and his heirs. And the jurors found that said Elizabeth was then still living, and unmarried. And that Uie
said Manors are held of the Abbess of Shaftesbury, by fealty.
The jurors also found that said Walter was also seized of the Manor of Hardenhewyssh, &c., in Stopp, in the
parish of Fontel Giffard, in the said county ; and that by his charter indented dated 30th July, 14 Henry VII.
[1499], he granted the same to William Frost and others, to the use of John Mervyn, then deceased (son
and heir apparent of the said Walter), and Elizabeth then wife of the said John, and the heirs of the body
of the said John, and in default thereof to the use of the right heirs of Walter Mervyn. And the jurors found
that said John Mervyn afterwards had issue one John, and died.
And the jurors further found that said John, son of Walter Mervyn, John Jenour and Thomas
Sprott were sejsed of two messuages, two gardens, 200* land, 30* meadow, 300* pasture, and 10* wood,
in Samberley and West Knoyle, oUierwise Knoyle-Odyem in the said county. And that they being so seized
John Mordaunt, William Mordaunt, Wistan Brown, William Gascoign, John Vynter, and Thomas
Chaffyn recovered the same tenements against the said John Mervyn, John Jenour, and Thomas Sprott, by
writ of entry sur disseisin in le post (to wit) in Michaelmas term 18 Heniy VII. [1502] ; which recovery was
to the use of the said Elizabeth and the heirs of her body, and in default thereof to the use of Cecily Clifford,
widow, and the heirs of her body ; and in default thereof to the use of the said John Mordaunt, William
Mordaunt, and the other recoverers aforesaid, and their heirs, to sell the same and fulfil therewith the last
will of John Grene, late of Stoffold.
And the jurors also found that said Walter Mervyn was also seized of the Manor, &c., of Wydecombe,
in the parish of Helmerton, and of lands in Crokerton, both in the county of Wilts, in his demesne as of
fee, and that by charter dated 14th September, ^ Hen. VIII. [151 1], he had enfeoffed thereof Richard,
Bishop of Winchester, Thomas Welle, Esquire, Henry Bodenham, Esquire, William Hawles, Tristram
Fauntleroy, Ambrose Dauntsey, Thomas Mompesson, and William Pjrrke, and their heirs, to the use of the
said Walter Mervyn during his life, without impeachment of waste, and after his death, to the use of
Edmund Mervyn (son of the said Walter) and Eleanor Fauconer, and the heirs of the body of the said
Edmund, and in default thereof to the use of the right heirs of the said Walter, as appeared by a charter
of covenants indented, made between the said Bishop and Thomas Welle of the one part, and the aforesaid
Walter and Edmimd of the other part, dated 8th September, 3 Henry VIII. [151 1].
And the jurors further found that Thomas Browne, chaplain, and William Hendelowe, being seized
of lands and hereditaments in Lavyngton Episcopi, Worton, Mershton, Hurst, Stert, Fedyngton, and
Southbrome, in said county of Wilts ; as also of lands in Erylstoke and Potem, in their demesne as of
fee ; of I messuage, i toft, ioo» land, and 200* pasture in Gore ; did, by charter tripartite indented,
dated 7th Sept, 6 Edw. IV. [1466], grant the same property to the said Walter Mervyn and Joan his
wife, and the heirs of the body of the same Joan, and that if the said Walter and Joan died without such
heir, the premise^ in Potem were to remain to Thomas Roger, of Bradford, in the county of Wilts, his
heirs and assigns, and the premises in Lavyneton and the other places were to remain to Nicholas Hall, his
heirs and assigns. And the jurors found that said Joan died without heir of her body, and that Walter
Mervyn died on the 12th day of July then last [1512], so that the premises in Lavyngton, &c., remained to
Thomas Hall, as son and heir of the said Nicholas Hall, the same Thomas being 50 years of age and
upwards. And that the premises in Potem remained to William Roger, as son and heir of the said
Thomas Roger, the same William Roger being 50 years of age and upwards.
And the jurors further found that John Mervyn was " consanguineus " and heir of the said Walter
Mervyn, viz., son of John Mervyn the son of said Walter, and that he was then of the age of 9 yean
and upwards.
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1 7th October, ilHHWttiOll taken at New Sarum, in the county of Wilts, after the death of Sir JOHN MER VYN, Knt:—
i2£liz.(i57o)v The jurors found that Sir John Mervyn was seized in his demesne as of fee tail (to wit, to him
No. 1 1 6. and the heirs of his body, with remainder to his right heirs,) of the Manor of Wydcombe, in county Wilts,
and of lands, &c, in Helmerton and Crokerton, and of one water-mill in Tisburye next Fountill Gifforde.
And that said John Mervyn was also seised in fee tail as above, with remainder to the right heirs of Walter
Mervyn deceased, his grandfather, whose heir he was, of the Manor of Hardenhuishe, with the advowson of
the church there, and of hereditaments in Stoppe within the parish of Fowntell Gifforde, And that said John
Mervyn was also seised to him and his heirs male (with remainder to the right heirs of John Mervin deceased,
his great-grandfather, whose right heir he was), of the Manors of Fontel-Giffard and Farmehull, with the
advowson of the church of F. G. &c., and also of hereditaments in Tisbury Overffountell andSwallowcliffe. And
further that said John Mervin was also seised in his demesne as of fee simple of the Manors of Hatch, Swallow-
cliffe, and Compton Bassett, and of divers pastures, woods, and woodlands, in the parish of Tisburie, called
Rowcombparke and Wike. And also of hereditaments in Fontel-Giffard (formerly parcel of the late
Monastery of Charterhouse Wittam in county Somerset.) And of meadow and m pasture in Busshopes Knoell
and West Hatche in county Wilts. And further that said John Mervyn was seised in his demesne as of fee
tail of hereditaments in Semble. And the jurors found that the said before-mentioned premises descended
to James Mervin, Esquire for the Queen's body, as son and heir of said John Mervyn.
And the jurors also found that said Sir John Mervyn had died on the l8th June, 8 Elizabeth [1566],
and that since his death Elizabeth Mervine, widow of the said John, had received the issues of the manor or
farm of Compton Bassett. And that John Rives had received the issues of the Manors of Hatche and
Swallowclife ; except certain siuns which said James Mervyn had received, he having also received the issues
of all the other premises.
4th December, invlWtttOII taken at Devizes, in the county of Wilts, after the death of Lady ELIZABETH MERVYN :—
1st Dart No "^^ jurors found that Lady Elizabeth Mervyn was a widow, and late the wife of John Mervyn,
P • ' Knight, deceased. That she died seized in her demesne as of fee of the Manor of Bathampton, &c., which
^ ' on her death, on the 25th of September then last (1581), descended to Susanna Mompesson, her sister, and
to the issue of Anne Wayte, another sister (then deceased), and to the son of Mary Wells, another sister
(then also deceased), as the co-heirs of said Lady Elizabeth Mervyn.
27 June, in(|tltettlOII taken at Devizes, in the county of Wilts, after the death of Sir JAMES MERVYN, Knt. : —
(1 61 6) 2nd' "^^^ jurors found that Sir James Mervyn had died seized in his demesne as of free tenement for term
part No I ^o ^^^ ^^^ ^'^^» °^ ^^^ ^^^^ messuage and Manors of Fontel-Giffard and Femehull, and of certain messuages,
'^ ' • i • lands, and tenements called Founthill Charterhouse, late parcel of the possessions of the Monastery of
Charterhouse Witham, in co. Somerset, and afterwards parcel of the possessions of Thomas Arundell,
Knight, attainted of felony, and which afterwards King Edward VI. by his letters patent dated 24th
February, in his 7th year, nad granted to John Mervin, Knight, father of the said James. And the jurors
also found that said Sir James Mervyn had also died seized of the Manors of Hatch and Swallowcliffe ; and
of one messuage and tenement in Over Founthill ; and of divers lands, woods, &c., called Rowcombe Parke in
the parish of Tisburie, and of two messuages in Sembly ; and of a messuage in East Knoyle ; and of certain
lands, woods, &c., called Ashell's Wood, in the parish of Tisburie ; the remainder pertaining to one Henry
Mervin, Esquire, and his heirs male begotten of Christiana, ** then and now his wife," with further
remainder to other persons [not named] in fee tail, and with further remainder to the right heirs of the said
James. And the jurors further found that in Trinity term 5 James I. a fine had been levied between
Thomas Thynne, Knight, and Hugh Hill, Esq., plaintiffs, and said James Mer\'in, Henry Mervin, and
Christiana, deforciants, concerning the premises (by a somewhat different description, Fountel Episcopi,
Berwick St. Leonard's, and Hindon being mentioned in addition to the foregoing places) whereby the deforciants
quit-claimed to the plaintiffs and the heirs of Thomas ; which fine was levi«i to the use of the said James
during his life, and after his decease (with regard to all the premises except those known by the name of
Week), to the use of Henry and Christiana and the heirs male of the said Henry, begotten of the said
Christiana, with remainder to " divers other persons" in fee tail, and then to the right heirs of said James ;
and with regard to the premises called Week, after decease of James Mervyn, to the use of the said Henry
Mervyn and his heirs male, &c., as above, as appeared by a quadripartite indenture dated 7th May, 6 James 1.
(1609), between the said James, Henry and Christiana 1st part, Thomas Thynne and Hugh Hill 2nd pan,
Edw^ard Blount and William Goddard 3rd part, and Richard Warman and William Weeksteed 4th part ;
by virtue whereof, and of the Statute of Uses, the said Sir James Mervyn was seized of the premises.
And the jurors also found that said Sir James Mervyn was also seized in his demesne as of fee
of the Manors of Compton Bassett and W id combe, and of a messuage, lands, &c., in Crokerton ; and that
he being so seized a fine was levied between Hugh Hill and John Greene, plaintiffs, and the said James
Mervyn, deforciant, the latter quit-claiming the said Manor of Compton Bassett and the advowson of the
church there to the plaintiffs, to their own use, to the intent that they should permit Sir Mervjoi Audelay,
Knight, to recover the said manor and advowson, which he did in Hilary Term, 6 James I., being seized to
the use of the said James Mervyn during his life, and after his decease to the use of Lucy, Lady Audelay,
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mother of the said Mervyn Audelay for the tenn of her life, and then to the use of the said Mervyn
Audelay and his heirs male, and then to the use of the right heirs of the said Lady Lucy and MervTn
Audelay, as by an indenture tripartite, dated 20th January, 6 James L, appeared. And the jurors further
found that by another indenture of the same date, the said S' James Mervin had bargained and sold
the said manor of Widcombe to the said Hugh Hill and John Greene and their heirs, to the intent that
they should oermit said Mervyn Audelay to recover same, which he did in the same term, to the use of said
S' James Mervyn for term of his life, remainder to the use of George Lord Audelay for life, remainder
to the use of the said Lady Lucy, wife of the said Geoi^e, for life, remainder to the use of the said
Mervin Audelay and his heirs male, then to the heirs of his body, then to 'the right heirs of the said
Lucy and Mervin, as appeared by an indenture of 20th January, 6 James I. [1609.]
And the jurors found that said Sir James Mervin died on the 1st of May, 9 James I. [i6lij, at
Fountel aforesaid.
And the jurors also found that said Mervin Audelay, Knight, was the grandson (jupos) and next heir
of the said James, (to wit) son and heir of Lucy Lady Audelay, daughter and heir of the said James,
the said Lady Lucy having died in the lifetime of her father, and that the said Mervin Audelay was of the
age of 23 (?) years.
And the jurors further found that said Mervyn Audelay had received the profits of the manors of
Compton Basset and Widcombe from the death of S' James Mervin, and that Henry Mervin ha(i
received the profits of the remainder of the premises since the same time.
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JOHN MIRFYN, of London, Gentleman. To be buried in the crypt of the chapel of Jesus, in 20th Oct.,
the cathedral of St. Paul's, or in the church of the Holy Trinity, at^the discretion of executors. To George 147 1, A«. reg.
Myrfyn my lather £70, To Katerine Myrfyn my aunt (by my father's side) "amite," £\o. To 2 Edw. iv.
Katerine my sister, on her marriage, 20 marks. To the said George Myrfyn my father his heirs and Abstract,
assigns all my lands and tenements in Hantram, Elsenham, Stanstede, and in the hamlet of Blechendcn, in
county of E^x. Residue of all and singular goods and chattels absolutely to my wife Cicely, and my
executors to be distributed "pro salute anime mee" in works of charity, as they shall be prepared to
answer in the dreadful day of judgment. Executors: my aforesaid wife Cicelv, William Hampton, Knight,
and John Myddelton, Mercer, citizens of London. Proved at Maidstone, 6 May, 1473, by Cecily the relict.
(Register P.C.C, 9 ^aitis.)
JOHN MERVYN. To be buried in the chancel of St. Peter of Lawford, betwixt the sepulcher and the 22 Oct. 1492.
lecture there, and the gravestone that I bought at Coventry, &c., to be laid there; to the moder church of Abstract
Litchfield, to the churches of Dynley, Wolston, Newbold-upon-Avon, Rokeley, Browneston, Clyfton, and the
Chauntrie of Swynford, &c, &c., a vestment each price xx" and upon these vestments to be sett a scrowe
wrytyng these words : Pray for the sowles of John Mervyn and Margaret his wyfe, oon of the executors of
the testament of Nich* Cowley, late of S\v7nford, and the sowle of Nich* Cowley and Maude his
wyfe, and the sowle of William Newnham and Margery his wife ; a priest at Church Lawford to pray for
my soul and Johan my moder, and my son Lawrons, with the soule of Nich* Cowley and Maude his wife,
and all his brothers and sustem, and the soule of William Newnham and Margary and Margarete his wyfes,
and Thomas his fadyr, and Al3rs his moder, with all his children, brethren, and susters. I bequeath to my
£ader John Merven 2 of my best side gownes and 2 of my best short gownes, and C* in money to fynde him,
to be delyvered to him at tymes as it can be founde most necessary ; to Margarete M., my wife, house, &c.,
in Lawford ; to Hugh Merven, not to be so wasteful as he hath been ; to my son William M. land in
Aston ; to Hugh M., aforesaid, all lands ih Westcote, Rokeby, Lilbome, Brackley, and Isham, &c., and
heirs male ; rem. to said William M. and his heirs j rem. to Eliz. Cave, Agnes Knyghte, and Jane Lane, and
their heirs for ever ; to my daughter, Elizabeth Cave ; to my daughter, Agnes Knyghte ; imr daughter, Jane
Lane ; to Margaret M., the daughter of Lawrons M. ; my executors not to be vexed by Elizabeth Gierke,
her moder ; to Edward Cave and Margaret Cave, children of Richard Cave ; to Jane, the daughter of
Hugh Merven, and if Hugh hir fader die, &c. ; to William Lane and Jane, my daughter ; Richard Cave and
Elizabeth my daughter; John Knight and Agnes my daughter; and to William Merven, my youngest son,
equally ; they executors. Proved in London, 20 November, 1492. by executors. {^Regr, 10 Doggitt,)
MARGARET MARVV'N, widow. To be buried in St. Peter's, nigh my husband; my son, Hugh M., my 23 July, 1494
best bowl and cover ; my daughter, Jane Lane, my silver salts, &c. ; my daughter, Agnes Knight, 6 spoons, Abstract
&c. ; my daughter, Margaret Mervyn, part of my cattle, when married, to be kept by my son-in-law,
William Lane, till then ; to Edward and Margaret Cave, children of my daughter Elizabeth Cave, 5 ewes
each ; to Thomas and Margaret Knight, children of my said daughter, Agnes Knight 5 ewes, in the keeping of
her &ther, John K.; my granddauhter Cecilia Lane, 5 ewes; to John Knight, son of said John Ic.,
a cow ; to Johan Mervyn, the daughter of Hugh M., 40™ at marriage. All the rest to my sons Hugh M.,
and William Lane, my executors. Proved in London, 24 Noveml^r, 1496. {Regr, 25 Vox,)
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October, CICELY MYRFYN, of London, widow. To be bur**- in the church of the Holy Trinity the little,
1 8 Hen. VIL in London, with John Myrfyn, my husband ; said church, £4; Church of St John Zachary, where I am a
(1502). parishioner, ij torches ; our Lady of Stanyng Church, lor. ; Church of Longesden, in Derbyshire, £4; a
Abstract P"est to pray for my soul and the souls of Richard and John, sometime my husbands ; Brotherhood of
Pappey, where I am Sister, lOJ. ; Robert Merfyn, my husband's brother, 20s. ; Thomas Merfyn skinner,
cup and cover ; Agnes, his sister, 20s. ; my sister Dame Margaret Shaa, widow, a ring ; prisons, each, 3/4 ;
cousin Thomas Ilom, £6 ly, 4//. ; my cousin Cecily Kynwallmerssh, my brother John Knyveton'sd aughter,
£^ 6s. &/. J residue to Sir John Shawe, Knight, Alderman of London. To Lucy Knifton, £6 i v. 4^.
To aforesaid sister Dame Margaret Shaw, widow, dwelling in Ripton ; cousin John Blunt, and Elyn his
wife, and John his son ; kinsman Richard Griston ; Rauf Bagot, my sister's son, debts he oweth me.
Proved in London, 5 Dec. 1502, by Sir John Shawe, Knight (^<^. 19 Blamyre.)
20 November, WALTER MERVYN of Fountel-GifTard. That Elizabeth Mervyn, widow of John Menryn, deceased,
2 Hen. VHL should receive the issues and profits of his Manors of Fontel-Giffard and Famehull, co. Wilts, as long as
(1510). she remained sole, and after her death or marriage, said issues and profits to go to John Mervyn, testatoi^s
Abstract kinsman and heir, (to wit) son of John the son of testator, and his heirs.
N.B. This will cannot be found. The above note of it is taken from the Inquisition
held after the death of the above-mentioned Walter Mervyn. (Inq, p. « ., 4 Henry
viii. No, 74.)
2na Sept.. Will of SIR THOMAS MERFYN, Knight
*S23- In the Name of God Amen The secunde day of the moneth of Septembre in the yere of our Lorde God a
Abstract. thousande fyve hundred and xxiij And in the xv yere of the reigne of our soueraigne Lorde King Henry
the viij"»- by the grace of God of Inglonde and of Fraunce Kynge defender of the feith and lorde of Irlonde
I Thomas Mirfyn Citizein and Alderman of the Citie of London being of hole and parfite mynde (&c ),
for the welth of my soule and the proufit of my wife my childem and other my lovers and frendes make
ordejm and declare my testament and last will. My body to be buried in the Chamel house in Paulis
Churchyarde in London where the body of Dame Alice late my wife lieth buried and there where my tombe
is made. And I will that I be honestly buried after and according to my degre. And where for manage
to be had betweene me and Dame Elizabeth my wife doughter of Aungell Donne late Citezein and Alder-
man of London and Anne his wife decessed wiche Anne sir Robert Dymmok knyght after the deth of the
said Aungell Donne hir first husbonde was maried vnto, a writing was made remaynyng with the said sir
Robert subscribed as well by the said sir Robert as by me the said Thomas Myrfyn ; the tenour wherof
ensuyth in these wordes. , The xv*** day of Octobr the xj"» yere of the Reigne of Kynge Henry the viij*^
It is covenanted and agreed betwene Thomas Mirfyn maire of the Citie of London of the one partie and
Robert Dymmok knyght on the other partie That the said Thomas shall w* the grace of God mary and take
to wife Elizabeth Donne doughter and heire to Aungell Donne late Alderman of London and the said
Thomas Mirfyn on thisside the fest of the natiuitie of our lorde that shalbe in the yere of our lord god
MiV«xxij** shall cause a sure and a laufull astate to be made after the sure fo'me of the lawe vnto the said
Elizabeth Donne of londes rentes and tenementes to the yerely value of xl" clere ouer and aboue all
charges for terme of lyfe of the said Elizabeth ; ffurder the said Thomas promyseth that he shal leve vnto
the said Elizabeth his wife yf God fortune hir to lyve after him the doble that she brought to him which sume
of hir porcion amoimteth M'ccclxxxiiij" iiij* viij* and x^ gevyn to hir by hir grandam which doble shall
amount M^M^Cxlviiju ix" iiijd And also the said Thomas hath promysed that the said Elizabeth shalbe at hir
choise to chose to haue the thirde parte after the custume of the Citie or the some abouewriten. Also the said
Thomas promyseth that if the said Elizabeth decease afore him that she shalhaue C" to distribute and
make her will of beside all hir apparell and Juelles And the said sir Robert promiseth that he shalbe
bounde to paye in three yeres next and immediatly folowing to the said Thomas M^lxxiiij^iiij" viij* by
evyn porcons Also the said Thomas promyseth that the said sir Robert shalhaue in his house at saint
Margaret patens parishe the lodging that Alice Stamford did lye in with free entre and yssue and at all
t)nmes to haue licence to cary awaye suche stuffe as apperteyneth to the said sir Robert w*out contradiction
of the said Thomas and Elizabeth yf there be any thinge that wantes from in the premisses it to be amended
by maister Broke Sergeaunt at the lawe accordinge to the true entent And after this I the said Thomas and
the said Elizabeth were maried togider And where the said sir Robert and other persones at his request
were and yet stonden bounden to the Chambreleyn of London and his successours by recognisaimce vpon
condicion for the payment of the sume of M^lxxiiij" iiij* viij** to Edward Donne and Frances Donne the
childem of the said Aungell, then orphanes of the said Citie, which childem ben all decessed except my said
wife at the day of the said writing made and mariage betwene me and my said wife soo that all the said
hole sume of M^lxxiiij** iiij* viij* was then to thuse of my said wife by the survivor of hir said brethem
accordinge to the lawe and custume of the said Citie of London by whiche mariage the said bonde made to
the said Chamberleyn of London was and is to the vse of me and my said wife And howbkyt I haue ben
alwey redy to haue made a sure astate of londes and (enementes of the yerely value of xl" ouer and aboue
all charges and reprises to the same dame Elizabeth my wife for terme of hir lyfe and all the residue in the
said bill specified on my parte to be executed ; I was content yf the said sir Robert wolde haue made
payment to me and my said wife of the said sume of Milxxiiij iiij* viij^ or wolde haue ben bounden for
the payment therof at daies reasonable in the said writing conteyned by vs to haue ben appoynted or at
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reasonable other dales sith the said thre yeres expressed in the said writing by the said sir Robert and me
to haue ben appoynted ; And theruppon I and my said wife of the same recognisaunce wolde haue dis-
charged the said sir Robert and thother persones named and bounden by the same recognisaunce for the
payment of the said Mibcxiiij" iiij* viij i and wolde haue caused the said recognisaunce to haue ben made
frustrate voide and cancelled, which premisses to do the said sir Robert on his part and behalf hath refused
not only contrary to hLs said promyse in the said writing specified but also contr'y to the condicion of the
said Recognisaunce. Wherfor my will and mynde is yf the said sir Robert or his executours by thassent
and agrement of my said wife by her writing make payment to myn executo's wHn six monethes next after
my death of the said sume of M^lxxiiiju iiij« viij**, that then I will that my said wife for terme of hir lyfe
shalhaue aU my houses landes and ten'tes of Merditche and Wrayttes w* thappurten'nces in the parishe of
Homechurch in the countie of Essex my mano' of Downe w* thapp'ten'nces in the countie of Kent and those
my londes and ten'tes lying in the parishes of Fanchurch and Aldermary and of saint Petyr in Comehill
w* thappurten'nces whiche ben of the clere yerely value of fourty poundes over and aboue all charges and
reprises and better as the thirde parte as well of all my goodes catalles and dettes and of the said sume of
Milxxiiij" iiij* viij* after my debtes paide funeralles and ordynary charges bom and allowed after and
according to the lawe and custume of the said Citie orelles at the li^rtie of my said wife to haue
of myn executours the said some of M'NPCxlviij" ix* iiijd the doble that she brought w* her,
and that I shulde haue had of the said somes to hir belonging and to haue ben
paide vpon hir mariage according to the true meanyng of the said writing, she than making a
Relees to myn executo's of all accions suyttes and demaundes which in any wise she myght haue demaunde
or clajnne ayenst m3m executours by the custume and lawe of the said Citie as shalbe reasonably aduised by
myn executo's. And yf she refuse to Tiaue the said some of M'M^Cxlviij" ix» iiij<* And will holdc hir to
the said thirde part of my goodes catalles and debts in fourme beforsaid accurding to the lawe and custume
of the said Citie then she to make a Release to myn executours of all accions suyttes and demaundes which
in any wise she myght or then may haue ayenst them by reason of any promyse agreament or graunt
conteyned in the forsaid wri tinge the said promyse and graunt of the said Mano's londes and tentes that
she shuld haue for terme of hir lyfe oonly except And yf the said sir Robert and his executours pay not nor
content ne paye to myn executours or their executor the said M^lxxiijj" iiij« viij* w4n vj moneths
next after my decesse but refusith the same to doo, then my mynde and will is that my said gifte and
bequest to my said wife as well of the said Manors landes and ten'tes be vtterly voide and noon effect as of
the said some of M»M*Cxlviij" ix" iiij* the doble that she brought with her when I toke hir to my wife
And if the sajd sir Robert or his executois content and paye within vi monethes next after my decese the
said some of M^lxxiiij" iiij* viij*, then I will and my mynde is that all the premisses be doon and
executed in suche wise and fourme as before it is expressed And then also I will and my mynde is that my
Sonne Edward Mirfyn immediately after the death of my said wife shall haue all my howses or tenses of Mer-
dith or Wraittes with thappurten'nces in the parishe of Homechurch in the Lordship of Havering at Bowre in
the Countie of Essex my houses londes and tenementes in the parishe of saint Mary Fanchurch, those two
newe houses in Bogerrowe Ijring in the parishe of saint Antonyne and of saint Johns in Walbroke whiche I
late buylded, to haue to him and to his heires of his body laufuUye begot^ten. And for default of suche issue
to be and rcmayn to Mary my doughter and to the heires of hir bodye laufully begotten. And for default of
suche issue to be and remayn to Fraunces my doughter and to the heires of hir body. And for default of
suche issue to remajm to my right heires foreuer. Also I geve and bequeth to Sfary my doughter my
Mano' londes and ten'tes w^ thappurten'nces of Down in the countie of Kent; to haue and to holde
immediatly after the deathe of my said wife, to my said doughter and to the heires of hir body laufully
begotten. And for default of suche issue to be and remayn to my said sonne Edward and to the heires of
his body laufully begotten. And for default of such yssue to remayne to my said doughter Fraunces and to
the heires of her body laufuUye begoften. And for default of suche yssue to be and remayn to my right
heires for euer. Also I geve and bequeth vnto the said Fraunces my doughter that my ten't Ipng in the
parishe of Aldermary in London, and that my ten't lying in the parishe of saint Petir in Comehill, to
haue and to holde immediatly after the death of my said wife to my said doughter ffraunces and to the
heires of hir body laufully b^otten. And for default of suche Issue to be and remain to my
said daughter Mary and to the heires of hir body laufully begotten. And for default of suche
Issue to be and remayn to my said sonne Edwarde and to the heires of his body laufully
begotten. And for default of suche Issue to be and remayn to my right heires foreuer. And
in caas yf the said sir Robert nor his executours pay not nor doo not to be paid to
thexecutours of me the said Thomas Myrfyn nor their executours the said MUxxiiij" iiij* viij* wHn vi monethes
next after my death, that than my will is as before is saide, that my said wife shall not haue the said meas'es
londes and ten'tes and other the premisses nor any parcell therof, but then I will my said childem shall
immediatly after my death and the vi moneths expired and past have the said meas'es londes and ten'tes
to thejnn in suche wise and w' like remaynders as I before haue declared and willed theym to haue after the
death of my said wife yf the said sir Robert or his executours had paide the said MUxxiiij'* iiij» viij* to myn
cxecuto's wHn vj monethes next after my deth ; and my said wife then to haue noon of my said landes nor of
my goodes catalles and dettes but oonly after my dettes paid my funeralles and ordynary charges and
expenses concemyng the same contented and paide She to haue the thirde parte of that shall then remayn
And my said childem a nother thirde parte of the same Remaynder And the other thirde parte, all the
residue, to be myn executours for the perfourmance of my last wille after and according to the lawes and
costumes of the said Citie Also I geve and bequeth to the high awter in the parishe Churche of saint
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Antonync (&c, &c. &c. ) Item I bcqucth vnto my sonne dane George Mirfyn Monk at Westm, xx" to be paide
him euery yere iiij'^ by thandes of myn executours. I bequeth vnto Margaret Pargctour the wife of Thomas
Pargetour a blak gown and to hir husbonde a nother and in money to thcym x"-. Also I bequeth vnto
eucry child that she in lyve whan they shall come to laufull age xl« a pece. I bequeth vnto Gilljert Hardegrave
v" and vnto euerych of his childem xl" to be paid w*in a ycre after my deccsse. Item, I beqqeth vnio
my suster Agnes Loke the wife of Mighel Loke x"- . I bequeth vnto Elizalx!th the wife of Elyot v"- and
vnto euery Childe that she hath xl«. Also I bequeth vnto John Story the sonne of Robert Story xx"-. Item,
I bequeth to Mighel Ix)kc my suster's sonne xl" and vnto euery childe that he hath a ly\'e v"-. Item, I
bequeth vnto John Baude beddill of the Crafte of Skynners to pray for my soule a blak gowne and in
money xK Also I bequeth vnto John Broun Clerk of our Lady Company of the said Crafte of Skynners a
blak gowne and in money xl*- Also I l)equeth vnto the Chaj>el of Barwey in the Countie of Cambrige
where I was bom and cristeneil in the honor of God and of saint Nich'as a vestment and an aube w* all
ihapparell thereunto belonging for a prest to synge in of the value of xl" (tVc, &c.) Also I geve and bequeth
towardcs the rep'acions and mayntenyng and suj>porting of the said Chapell to pray for my soule my fader
and m<xler soules my wife soule and all my childem soules xl*. Also I bequeth vnto saint Mary Church of
Ycly where my fader licth buried on whose soule Jhus haue mercy, a vestment w* an awbe with all thing^es
belonging vnto a prest of the value of xl", ij awter clothes price iiij* a corporas and a caase of the price of
iij" iiij<* a masse boke price x", ij newe torches price xij*, ij awter clothes of red and yelowe silk one for
aboue the other for byneth and ij curteyns su table of the value of xl» which forsaid auter clothes and curteyns
I will shalbe orderid and hangid in the North He of the same Church by the qu3rre door to thentent the
prestes may synge and sey masse there and to pray for my soule the soules of George and Kateryn my fader
and mo<ler my wife soule my childem soules and all x'pen soules. Also I bequeth to the pnaister and
wardeyns of the guylde of corpus Cristi of the Crafte of Skynners of London and to their successors a Cope
(&c., &c.) I bequeth vnto the parishe church of saint Antonyne in Bvgierrowe in London an hole sute of
vestments (&c., &c.) And I will that the churchyarde on the south side of saint Agnes chapell of the said
Church of saint Antonyne shalbe pavid w* Brabant stone that is to sey from the Est ende vnto the
West ende of the said chapell and a faire stone of marble to be laide in the myddes of the said
churchyarde with all my Childerns names to be graven and sett on the same stone of marble that is
to seyd Thomas, John, George, Thomas, John, Fraunces, Richard, John, Robert, Edward, and
Bartilmewe, Margaret, Mary, and Fraunces, and that this be doon within one yere after my deccsse.
I bequeth vnto Fraunces Poulter the sonne of Richard Poulter Esquire dwelling in the countie of Northt' so
that he by his sufficient dede release all his right and title which he shalhaue to the maner of Downe
w' thappurten'nces in the countie of Kent as his fader hath doon before him in such wise as it shall be
advised by the counceill Icrned of mjTi executours and to suche persones as my said sonne Edwarde, Mary
and Fraunces my doughters shall name Ixvj" xiij* iiij*. Also I bequeth vnto Elizabeth my wife two of my
best saltes w' couer, my best standing Cup gilt with a couer, also a nother standing Cup gilt w* a couer
with chekers in the botom, xiiij gilt spones, and all hanginges in my house, reserayng suche hanginges as
hangen in the parlo* ou' the strete w* the fore chaml^rs ou' strete which said hanginges I will Edward
my sonne haue and ij fetherbeddes and a matrasse. Also I bequeth to Mary my doughter ij gilt saltes with
a cover which were maister Martyns and a dose5m of siluer sponys a standing Cup w' a pellican. Also I
bequeth vnto dane George my son being monk in Westm' a salt with sonbemes w* a couer and half a doseyn
spones knopped wjth lions and a gilt Cup. Also I bequeth vnto Edward my sonne two square saltes
parcell gilt with a couer and a standing cup w* an akome on the knop and a doseyn spones. Also I
bequeth vnto Fraunces my doughter a standing Cup w* a maydens hede which*I will shall be kepteto her vsc
And yf she fortune to dye I will that it shall goo remayn and be to the said Crafte of Skynners And I will
that it shalbe in the custodye and keeping of the same crafte till she come to lawfull age orelles to be
maried. Also I bequeth vnto John Judde gentilman iij* vj viij<* and to his wyfe a Ryng of eolde price
XX* and to either of theym a blak gowne. The residue of all and singuler my goodes I Mrill shalbe equally
deuided in two partes and porcions, wherof I will the one moytie shalbe truely deuided to and amonges the
forsaid Edward, Mary, and Franccis my childem ; and the other moytie therof to be dispoased in charitable
dedes for the weale of my soule and all the soules abouesaid at the discrecions of myn executours. And I
onle>Ti and make Edward Myrfyn my sonne and Andrew Judde my sonne in lawe myn Executours, and
Ouerseers of the same my present testament and last wille I ordeyn and make the right reurende fader in
God Cutbert, Bishop, of London, and sir Richard Broke knyght. And I bequeth vnto either of theym for his
labour aide and good counceill to be gevyn in the execucion of this my present testament and last wille
twenty poundes sterlinges. Proved in London 15 Oct. 1523 by the executors named in the will, (^<f. 13
3 Mar. 1527. EDWARD MYRFYN, Citizen and Skinner of London. To l>e buried at the chamel house in Paul's
Abstract. churchyard, where lye the bodies of Thomas and Alice my father and mother, and ^5 to go to repairs of
the chapel. Bequests to churclies of St. Andrew- Undershaft London, and Hornchurch in parish of Havering,
CO. Essex. Legacies to divers servants. To Alice Brygandyn my wife's daughter, ;£"20 at full age or marriage,
and to Agnes, another of my said wife's dauf^luers, j^6 13. 4. to her marriage, and to John Brygandyn,
my wife's son, 5 marks. Tu I'aiL^cter and his wife and child, money and wearing apparel. To Richard
Southwoo<l, wearin*^ a)>j>aiel, bciUlin;;, &«. To my wife Alice my manor of Burtyns, in the town of
Frecknam, co. SulVolk, for life ; rcniain«lcr lo the child she now goeth with ; but if said child die before
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coming to full age, then the said manor to go to Alice Brygandjii, my wife's daughter. To my brother in
law, Andrew Judde, a furred gown and 5 marks, and to my sister his wife a ring of 40. To Richard Bury my
jackett of black velvet. Residue to my wife and the child she now goeth with, and my wife to be Executrix.
My brother in law Andrew Judde, and Richard Bury, gentleman, to be overseers. Proved in London,
II May, 1528, by the Executrix. {Rep-. 31 Porch.)
Will of SIR JOHN MERVIN, Knt, 1566 :—
IN THE NAME OF GOD. AMEN, I, JOHN MERVIN, of Fowntell Gifforde, in the county of 8th June, 1566.
Wiltess, Knighte, doo make my last will and testamente in manner and forme followinge, that is to saye, I Copy.
gyve mv soullvnto allmightie God, mv boddie to be buried in the Churche of Saincte Nicholas at Fowntell,
by the Ladie Jane Marvin, my late wief And that my executours doo see my boddie, and my ladie Elizabethe*s
boddie, my wief that now ys, to be buried after a worshipfull sorte there, accordinge to our estate. AUso I,
give to myparrishe Churche of Saincte Nicholas, twenty shillinges. Item, vnto o' Ladie Churche of Sarum,
tenne shillinges. Item, first I cive and beq»th vnto Elizabeth my ladie and wief, my wholl enteere Manno' of
fTowntelstoppe and StopfountelT, lyinge and beinge of the parrish of Stojifoimtell and in Fowntell, also withe
all the errable landes, meddowes, pastures, wooddes, vnderwooddes, feadinges, leasures, and comens vnto the
same belonging, or in anywise apperteyninge. Allso 1 give my Manno' of Compton Bassett, my entier
manno' there, vnto my wief for terme of her lief withouie impechement of waste. (All the tenauntries there
to be ress'uid to be bestowed hereafter in my will and testame'L) Item, I geve vnto my wief all the stockes
of Vston, Baptham*«», Langford, Apshill, Wiley, and Depforde. I geve vnto my wief all suche thinges as
she broughte w**» her and her warde also. Item, I give vnto John Mervin, Phillipp Marvin, and Ambrose Marvin
my sonnes my wholle intier leasse of Chesster-in-le-strate, that L boughie of my sonne James Mervin,
equallie to be devided betwixte them three. Item, I give the leasse of Compton Bassett vnto Ambrose my
Sonne, after the deathe of my wief, w"» all the tenantries there for terme of his lief Item, I give vnto John
Mervin, Edmu'de Mervin, and Richard Mervin, my sonne Edmondes sonnes, the leasse of Bo)rton, and the
stock vppon the same. Item, I give vnto John Mervin, sonne of Edmonde, all my purchaced landes to him
and his heires males, and for lack of heires males of his boddie laufuUie begotten vnto Edmond his brother ;
and for lack of heires males of his boddie laufullie begotten, vnto Richard there brother ; and for lack of
heires males lefullie begotten of his boddie, vnto my righte hei:es. Item, I comitl the goVn^nce of theise
three children with landes, and leasse, and stock vnto my sonne in lawe Mr. John Ryves, vnlill they coom
to twentie and one yeres. Item, I will and give vnto my daui^ht' Mergarett the yonger twentie poundes
by the yere oute of my purchaced landes, that John Mervin sliall have, vnlil John Marvin be of the age of
twentie and one yeres ; afterward es, 10 remeyne vnto him and to his heires males as before written. The
rcsidewe of my gooddes not bequelhed, my delies and dews tinilie paide, I give and bequeth vnto Phillii)p
Mervin and Ambrose Mervin, my sonnes, whom I make my executours, they to disjiose my goodde-; to tlie
ple&uer of God, and helthe of my soule. Wittnesses vnto this my last will and testamente, Mr. Thomas
Glanfilde, Richarde Boughton, William Bingham, Thomas Byer, and William Gill, p'son there. Proved
in London, 20*** June, 1566, by Executors. {Regr. '* 16 Crvnus")
Will of SIR JAMES MERVIN, Knight :—
IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN, the ffirst daye of Aprill, in the yere of oure Lord God, i April,
according to the Englishe computacon, one thowsand sixe hundred and tenne, and in the yeres of the 1 610.
Raigne of oure Soueraigne Lord James, by the grace of God, Kynge of England, Scotland, Fraunce, and Copy.
Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c., that is to say, of England, Fraunce, and Ireland the Eighte, and of
Scotland the three and fortith, I, S^ JAMES MERVIN, of Fountell, in the countie of Wiltess, Knight,
considering the certentie of deathe, and that all fleshe must dye, and the vncertentye of the tyme, Do
therfore, in the tyme of my good healthe and sound memorye, wherein I nowe am (thankes be given to
Almighty God) make this, my last will and testament, touching the disposing of all my worldlie goodes and
thinges, in manner and forme folowing, viz. : ffirst, I bequeath my soule to AJmightie God and my bodye
to be buryed within my parishe churche of Fountell aforesayed, nere vnto Amye my first wife that deade is
and in the tombe wherein she was buryed, in a modest and decent manner, at the good discretion of my
Executors, whome I do praye and require hereby, to make a comelie and decent tombe ouer my ffatlier and
mother, whoe ar buryed on the right hand, at the vpper end of the chauncell, of the churche of Fountell
aforesayed : Item — I giue and bequeath vnto my loving grauiidchilde, S*- Mervin Awdley, Knight, sonne
and heire apparant of the Righte Honorable George Lorde Awdley, and Dame Lucie his wife, my only
daughter, all and singular wrytinges obligatorye, statutes, recognizaunces, and bondes whatsoeuer, wherein
my twoe neiphues John Mervin, Esquire, deceased, and his brother Edmond Mervin, nowe allso deceased,
or either of them, stand bounde to me, in any somme or sommes whatsoeuer ; And all and singular debtes,
sommes of money, and penalties whatsoeuer, in the sayed wrytinges obligatory conteyned. Item, I
bequeathe allso to the saied S* Mervin Awdley my greate guilte bason and ewer that is ymbost, weighing
one hundred and twentie ounces, or theraboutes, as I rememb*"; And 1 do allso giue and bequeathe vnlo
h)rm all suche householdstuffe as, at the houre of my death, shalbe in and abouie my house at Compton
Basset, in the saied countie of Wiltess, as bedding, and all furnitures ihcrunto a])pertoyning, hangings of
tapistrie or otherwise, carpettes, cushions, tables, stooles, pewter vesscll, and all other ymplementes of and
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for the saied house ; And further, I do allso giue vnto hym, the saied S* Mervin Awdley, my stocke and
store of thirtie milche kyne and a bull, depasturing and beying at my house and mannor of Compton
Bassett aforesayed ; And my stocke of ewes, that shall, at the hower of my deathe, be depasturing in and vppon
my sayed maunor of Compton Bassett aforesayed ; And allso my best horse that I shalbe maister of at my
deathe ; And one of my best foaling mares to breede on, as he shall make choyse of; And my longe silke
grogoran cloake, furred with sables ; And my buffe jerkyn, laced with parchment lace of gould ; And my
wrcughte veluet gowne. Item : Whereas, for the greaie and mutuall loue and naturall affection which I
haue and do beare to my name and familye of MERVYN, and for the better supporting therof :
And to continewe my chiefe house of Fountell, and the greatest parte of my mannors, landes, and
tenementes, in my name and bloud of Mervyn, so longe as yt shall please Almightie God ; I have, therfore,
for some veres latelie past, agreed and concluded with my cozin Edmond Mervyn, late of Durford, in the
countie of Sussex, Esquire, deceased, for a marriage betwene Henry, his eldest sonne, and Xpistian Mervin
my graundchilde, one ol the daughters of the sayed Lorde Awdley, and Dame Lucie his wife, which mariage,
hath ben synce had and solemnized accordinglie ; and for my parte, I haue accordinglie assured and established
my saied house, and the greatest parte of my mannors, landes and tenementes, in remaynder after my decease
vnto the sayed Henry Mervin and his heires males of his bodye lawfullie begotten. At the tyme of the
concluding of which marriage, yt was agreed and coven'ntecl by and of the parte of the saied Edmond Mervin
that he should likewise assure and conveye, vnto the saied Henry Mervyn and the heires males of his bodye
all his mannors, landes, and tenementes called or knowne by the name or names of Durford and Bramshott
in the sayed countie of Sussex, or by any other name or names whatsoeuer. And all other his landes, tenementes
and hereditamentes, in the saied countie of Sussex, and in the countie of Sowthampton, or in either of them,
by what name or names soeuer, the same or any parte therof, were called or knowne, wherof he had any
estate of inheritance, (as by certayne Indentures in that behalfe amongest divers other thinges conteyned in
them dothe appeare); which y« saied Edmond Mervyn did not perform, allthoughe I often required the
same, and did expect performance therof. But nowe, for that the saied Henry Mervin hath of late, and
to good purpose, as I hope, aliened the saied landes, late his saied ffathers, and hath, by that meanes procured
and purchased the fferme of Knoyle for many yercs yet to come; And allso the fferme of vpper Fountell, for
the lives of Mr. William Grove, and Robert and Hughe Grove, brothers of the sayed William, my will and
meaninge ys, and I do desire that the sayed twoe ffermes for and during the saied seuerall estates and
interestes in them, or either of them, maybe, by the sayed Henry Mervyn, graunted, assigned, sett, conveyed,
and setled, in suche sorte, as that the same fiermes, and eyther of them, may be and continewe vnto the
sayed Henry Mervyn, and the heires males of his bodie, in lieu of the saied landes, so by him aliened ; and
with, and accordinge to, suche limitacons for the continewance therof in my name, as the sayed landes so
by him aliened, should or ou^hte, by the purporte and true intent, and meaninge of the sayed covenante of
the saied Edmond Merv3m : m which behalfe I referre my selfe to the sayed indenture, which, as I take yt, is
tripartite, betwene me, and the saied Edmond, and some other p'sons named therein as parties therunto :
And to the end the same shalbe the better and rather done and performed by the saied Henry Mervin,
according to this my will, meaninge, and intent hereinbefore declared, wherof I haue an earnest care,
desire, and expectacon for the good of my name and familie, I do therfore, by this my last will and testa-
ment, vppon condition that, and soe as the saied Henry Mervin do, within one yere after my decease, graunte,
settle, and establishe the sayed leases as aforesayed, will, bequeathe, and devise that he, the saied Henry
Mervin and Christian, his wife, during their Hues, shall haue the vse and occupation of all my household
stufFe, ymplementes, and furniture, of and in my sayed house of Fountell ; as namely, all the hanginges,
beddes, and bedsteades, with all the ffumitures of them; tablebourdes, stooles, fourmes, chairs,
carpettes, quiltes, quishions, lynnen of all sortes, all my pewter vessell, pottes, pannes, brewing vessells,
andyrons, and other necessaryes and thinges of my saied house whatsoeuer expressed, and mentioned,
in my great ledger booke, as well in the chardge of William Weekested, my servaunte, as other-
wise; and all my flockes, stockes, and stoares of sheepe, and other cattell, as rother beastes, and
horse-beastes, goynge, depasturing, or beyng at Fountell, or in any of my groundes thereto belonging,
or elswhere ; other then suche horses, mares, sheepe, and other cattell, as I do bv this my will other-
wise dispose, or bequeathe to any person or persons; And all theise parcells of plate, hereafter
mentioned, viz., ray second best gilded bason and ewer, which is not ymbossed, with my armes engraved in
yt, my payer of guilded flaggons, my three deepe guilded bolls with their covers, my three great guilded
flatt bolles, with chasseworke, without any covers to them; my three highe guilded boUes, my three
lesser guilded bolls, and twoe standing guilded cupps, called sacke cuppes; my twoe greate guilded
saltes, with a couer ; and my trencher salte, without the couer ; my paire of siluer livery pottes, which ar
\Tiguilded ; my three white deepe frenche bolles, with a cover ; my three ymbossed white bolles, with theire
covers ; my sugar boxe and chafing dishe ; twoe dozen of siluer spoones, and all my siluer vessell, and
siluer plates, aswell all guilte, and parcell guilte, as vngylt, and all other my white siluer plate, as
candlcstickcs, colledge jugges of siluer, and suche like ; they, the saied Henry Marvyn and Xpistian his
wife to haue all the saied plate herein before bequeathed to them ; And the sayed ymplementes and
ffumitures of my said house at Fountell, as heireloomes ; And after theire decease, the same to be to James
Mervyn, theire sonne, my godsonne and graundchilde, as heireloomes, to goe, and be enioyed in and
vvth my saied house of Fountell; (except suche parcells of plate as I do herein otherwise dispose of.)
And, because 1 will that all my saied plaie, and siluer vessell, ymplements, furniture, and household stuflfe
ot my sayed house shall for euer be preserved and maynteyned, to coniynewe and be in and with my saied
house, as heireloc'mes, and not to be aliered, or consumed, my will and mynde ys, and I do hereby streightlie
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will and desire my executors that they take suche sufficient assuraunce of the saied Henry Mervyn, as in the
discretion of them shalbe thoughte fitt, for the preservacon and good vsuage of the same, without waste or
spoyle ; and to leaue the same, or as good, in valewe, to theire saied sonne James, or to suche theire sonne
and heire male of the bodye of the saied Henry Mervyn, to whome my saied house of Fountell and landes
aforesaied shall discend, or come, after the deathe of the saied Henry Mervyn ; And yf the saied Henry
Mervyn shall not, according to this my will, graunte, assigne, and settle the saied twoe ffermes, and the saied
estates and interesles in them, or shall not giue suche sufficient assuraimce, for the preservacon, well
vsing, and contynewance, of my saied plate, fyne lynnen, househould stuffe, ymplementes, and furnitures of
my saied house of Fountell aforesayed, as by this my present will is appoynted, but make defaulte ; That
then, my will is, that all my saied plate, fyne lynnen, househould stufFe, and furnitures of my saied howse of
Fountell, so by me willed and lymited, to be secured and preserved, shall whollie be to the saied S' Mervyn
Awdley; he first giving suche sufficient assuraunce as aforesaied to my saied executors, or the greater
nomber of them, to p»"serve, well vse, and leaue the same, or as good in valewe, to the saied James Mervyn
after the deathe of his sayed father and mother, and to the heires males of the bodye of the saied Henry
Mervyn, inheritable of my said howse of Fountell. Item, I do giue vnto my brother Ambrose Mervyn
one whole suite of my apparrcll, and a guelding, suche as my executors shall assigne vnto hym.
Item, I giue vnto S' Thomas Thynne, Knighte, my best foalinge mare, such as he shall make choise of.
Item, I giue and bequeathe vnto my graundchilde, S' Ferdinando Awdley, tsventie poundes in money,
and a good gueldinge. Item, I do allso giue and bequeathe to my neiphue, Philipp Mervyn, twentie
poundes in money. Item, I giue to my neiphue, Hughe Hill Esquire, one good gueldinge such
as he shall make choise of, and to my good neice, his wile, a ringe of gould worthe twentie shillinges,
and to her daughter, Winifride, a rynge of gould worthe tenne shillinges, and to James Hill, my god-
sonne, theire sonne, one of my deepe silver basons, with the ewer. Item, I giue vnto John Exall, my olde
servaunte, sixe poundes thirteene shillinges fower pence, and vnto my servaunt, Walter Thomas, sixe poundes
thirteene shillinges fower pence. Item, I allso giue and bequeathe vnto my servaunte William Wigsted, sixe
poundes thirteene shillinges fower pence. Item, I giue and bequeathe vnto William Pennye, Richard Rogers,
and John Moore, fortie shillinges a peece. Item, I will and bequeathe vnto Mathewe Gatterell, William Jones,
Roger Dowdinge, and Francys Knighte, twentie shillings a peece. Item, I giue and bequeathe vnto Nicholas
Barter, Alexander Knighte, Nich'as Pennye, George Skevington, and to Roger Norman, tenne shillinges a
peece. Item, I giue towardes the mayntenance of my parishe churche of Foimtell, three poundes sixe shillinges
cighte pence ; and to the parishe churche of Tisburye, twentie shillinges ; and to the parishe churche of East
Knoyle, twentie shillinges ; and to the parishe churche of Bishops Fountell, and of Barwicke Saint Leonard,
tenne shillinges, to eache of them. Item, I do further giue and bequeathe tenne poundes in money, to be
distributed and giuen to the poore at the tyme of my deathe, or buryall. And lastly, I do giue vnto my
servaunte Thomas Huyde, the Baylie of my Mannor of Compton Bassett, three poundes sixe shillinges and
aghte pe^ce. Prouyded allwayes that yf at any tyme hereafter the sayed Henry Mervin and Christian his
wife, or either of them, theire or either of theire heires, or the heires males of the bodye of the sayed Henry
Mervin, shall wittinglie and advisedly, (persisting in the same) refuse to allowe and ratifie suche leases and
estates as I have made to any of my servauntes or tenHites, or to performe tliis my last will and testam* That
then, and from thencefourthe, all the sayed legaceys to them, herein bequeathed, shall surcease and be voyde ;
And that then, and from thencefourthe, I do will and devise, that all the saied goodes and chattells to them
hereinbefore devised, shalbe and goe to the satisfaction of suche my leasees and ten^ntes, as shalbe molested,
disturbed, put out, or indammaged, by the sayed Henry and Christian, and the heires males of the bodye of
the sayed Henry. Prouided allso, that yf the saied S' Mervyn Awdley, or the Loni Awdley, or any of the
heires or assignes of the sayed S' Mervyn Awdley, or any other, occupying my Mannor of Compton
Basset, or the cheife mansion house and demeasnes of my sayed Mannor of Compton Bassett, or
vnder his estate right or title therein, shall wittinglie and advisedly refuse to allowe and ratifie such
estate or estates as I haue made within my Mannor of Compton vnto my serv»nntes William Wigsteed,
Thomas Huyde, Richard Rogers, or any of them, or any other of my tenauntes of the saied mannor, or shall seeke
or goe abowte to ympeache, or avoyde, theire or any of theire saied estates, yealding, doyng, and performing
the rentes, customes, and services due ; That, I will and devise, that all the saied goodes and chattells herein-
before to hym devised, shall be, and goe, to the satisfaction of suche of my saied leasees, and ten'nntes, as
shalbe so disturbed, or evicted, by the saied S'- Mervyn Awdley, Lorde Awdley, or either of them, or
by the heires or assignes of the saied S'- Mervyn Awdley : And finallie of tliis my last will and testament
I do name and appoynte my honorable and welbeloued graundchilde S'- Mervin Awdley, and S'- Thomas
Thynne, Knightes, my good freind William Gibbes, of Parrat, Elsquire, Henry Mer>'yn aforebaied, and my
Neiphue Hughe Hill, fiquires, to be myne Executors, vppon the speciall truste and confidence which I
repose in them, to be carefull for the performance of this my will, and to the vse of the saied Heniy Mervyn,
so as he performe or procure suche assur*nnce as aforesaied, to be dulie performed ; And then I will, that he
shall haue all the residue of my goodes and chattells whatsoeuer, as cha}Ties of pearle, Jewells, money, plate
not herein formerlie by me bequeathed ; And for his defaulte of suche assuraunce. Then I giue the same
residue to my saied graundchilde S'- Mervyn Awdley, vppon suche condition as aforesayd. In Witnesse
wherof I haue hereunto subscribed my name, and put to my scale, the daye and yere first aboue written.
. JAMES MERVVN.
Subscribed, sealed, and deliuered in the presence of vs Francis Ducket, John Chafye, Walter Thomas,
John Willoughbie, Luke Sympson.
Item, I do allso giue and bequeathe vnto Mr. Person Duckett one of my cloathe nightgownes and
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three poundes sixe shillinges eight pence in money. Thislegacey is written with my owne hande, this thirteenth
of November, one thovvsand sixe hundred and tenne.
JAMES MERVVN.
Memorand, that this will was eftsoones declared and affirmed, by the withinnamed S* James
Mervin, to be his last will and testament, with these additions as foloweth ; Item, I do further giue and
bequeathe vnto my brother Ambrose Mervyn, tenne poundes in money ; Item, I do allso further giue and
bequeathe vnto his sonne, Philipp Mervyn, fowerscore poundes in money, ouer and besides the tweniie
poimdes which aboue in my will I haue given hym ; AUwayes prouided, that yt is not my will or meaninge,
that he shall fynger, or haue yt deliured vnto hym, but that the saied hundred poundes shalbe ymployed to
rayse tenne poundes yerelie towards his maynten»nce, so longe as he, the sayed Philipp Mervyn, shall live ;
And that my adopted sonne, Henry Mervyn, shall, with this hundred poundes, see the saied Philipp dulie
payed quarterlie, fiftie shillinges in money so longe as the sayed Henry Mervyn shall or will keepe the saied
hundred poundes in his owne possession, and after to be disposed to y* vse aforesaied, by the ouerseers of
this my last will. Item, I do allso giue and bequeathe vnto Mr. Francys Duckett, parson of Fountle, sixe
poundes thirteene shillinges fower pence in money, and one of my cloathe nighte gownes. Lastlie, I do
desire Henry Mervyn and his wife, in respect of the love and bountye that I haue bestowed on them, that
they would bestowe meate, drincke, and lodging vppon my brother Ambrose Mervyn during his life, as I haue
heretofore done : And this was so declared and affirmed by the sayed S' James Mervin, the thirtith daye
of Marche, in the yere of oure Lord god one thowsand sixe hundred and eleaven, in the presence of vs, viz.,
James Mervyn, Jo. Willughbie, Luke Sympson, John Chafy.
Probatum fuit Testamentum suprascriptum, apud London, vna cimi codicillo predicto, coram
venerabiliviro domino Johanne Benet, milite, legum doctore, curie prerogatiue Cantuarienss Magistro custode
sine commissario legitime constituto, vicesimo primo die mensiss Novembris, Anno Domini millesimo sexcen-
tesimo vndecimo, Juramento HENRI CI MERVIN, vnius Executorum in evdem testamento nominat. Cui
commissa fuit administracio, honor, Jurium, et creditorum dicti defuncti, de bene et fideliter administrand, ice,
ad sancta dei Evangelia Jurat. Reservata potestate similem Commissionem faciend Dno. Mervino Awdley,
et Dno. Thome Thynne militibus, necnon Willm's. Gibbes et Hugoni Hill Armigeris, Elxecutoribus etiam in
eodem testamento nominatis, eam cum venerint petituri in debita juris forma admissuri. {Regr. "89 Wixxir)
FUNERAL CERTIFICATE OF SIR JOHN MERVYN, Knt.
{Ms. ColL Arm : " /. 13 '*/• 75-)
His worde " Du Dieu tout."
^Tfjorter of ttjentfi cement & funerall of ajof)n i«ecbim lariatt
Who dep'ted tuesday 19 June 1566 in the theighth yere of the queenes Reigne at his howsse of Founte>Tie
Gyfford in the Countye of Wiltshere abowt v. of the Clocke at nyght.
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It'm the sayd knight had ij wyves iyrst Jone late wyfe to WUli*m peuerell of bradford peuerell in the
Coimtye of Dorssett by w**» Will*m she had onely ij doughters sine p'le & she was doughter to
phyllyppe baskerefild of Sherborne in Dorsettshere & after that of Herefordshere & of Elizabeth his
wyfe & had issue 13 cbildeme vidz ij doughters sine p'le James M'vyn Elianor nowe wyfe to
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Robert Hill of Taunton in the Countye of Som'sett Edythe sine p'le Edmond M'garet nowe wyfe to
John Coke of the He of Wight Elizabeth wyf to John Ryves of dabiayre court by blandford in the Countye
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of Dorssett John M'garet phyllyppe a son Anne nowe wyf to Edward Cordrey of sute in bampshere son &
hcyre to . . . Cordrey of ... in Wyltshere & Ambrose M'vyn.
Also the sayd S* John hadde nowe to his ijde wyf Elizabeth late wyf to Rychard p'kyns of Ufton
in barkshere & had no Issue w«^ lyved.
James Mervyn Esouier for the bodye to the queenes ma**« wedd Amye late wjrfe to . . . home
pencyon of Saresen in the countye of oicforde doughter to . . . Clerke ... & suster to S' Rowland
Clerke & hath lyssue luce.
Edmond mervyn ij* Son to S' John wedd Jane late wyf to Robert Gaynesford of ... in Sotherey
by w«^ Robert she hadde a son.
She was doughter to Rychard Catysbye of the Countye of warwyke knight & hath Issue John
Mervyn Edmond & Richarde.
Robert Hyll & Elianor mervyn had Issue Robert sine p'le James gylbert sine p'le John Hugh Jane
Elizabeth sine p'le & m'garet.
John Coke & M'garet mervyn had Issue John sine p'le Vrsula & Elizabeth.
John Ryves & Elizabeth mervyn had Issue John Elizabeth George Charles Amye & Henrye.
Edward Cordrey & Anne M'vyn had Issue Amye sine p'le.
Ifm by hys wyll he made his executors his ij youngest sons phyllyppe Mervyn & Ambrose Mervyn
and hys son in lawe John Ryves hys ou'sear..
Ifm hys bodye was bowelled wrapped in cere clothe & chested & so sett in the myddest of his p'lour
there on ij tressles w*** a velvet pawle thereon sett w**» Scocheons the p'lour hanged w*' brode clothe & the
halle w**» other blaks all gamysshed w**» Scocheons where it Remayned tyll the buryall Day beinge thursday
the fourthe of Julye next that it was carryed to the churche there & buryed in the northe lie of the same
churche by hjrs fyrst wyfe as after followeth.
Ifm in the bodye of the sayd churche was sett beinge made of q'ters a Inclosure or small hersse in
length 3 yards & breadth a yarde and therein a table w*^ tresles all pu'ed w*^ black gamysshed w**» scocheons
& at eche com' of the hersse the Quarter was aboue the Rayle A Elle whereon eche was sett ij scocheons &
9 pencells and w*'»owt the sayd Inclosure or hersse was sett a Rayle of 5 yards in length & 4 yards in breade
for the mom's to knele in cou'ed w*** blacke gamysshed w*^ scocheons & w*** in strawed w*^ Russhes w"* v
stoles &. cusshons also pu'ed.
Also the Chauncell & all the whole churche was hanged w*** one breade of cotton gamysshed w**
Scocheons.
Thoder in p'ceading fro the sayd howsse to the Churche there the funerall day thursday the 4 of Julye.
Inprimis John Whyte & Henrye Freeman as conducters.
Then 12 poore men in blacke gownes.
Then certen synginge men & prestes.
Then the standerde borne by Edward Cordrey gent.
Then 5 gentlemen in gownes as pytts the Drap' alone Francys p'kyns & M' powton \V» Hussye &
John Coke.
Then the preacher M' p'ctor Chauncellor of the busshop of Salisbury.
Then the pennon home by Edward Mompesson gent.
Then thelme & crest by Thomas Mompesson gent.
Then the cote of Armes bome by yorke heralde.
Then the Corpse bome by 6 of his yeoman John brether & Robert Nycha's John ap hoell & Kycha's
broke Richard Andrews & George Knight.
Then the Chief mom' Edward Mervyn ij* son to the defunct.
Then John & phyllyppe MervjTi his iij* & iv"» sons.
Then Ambrose Men-yn v*^ & yongest son w**» John Mervyn son to S' Edmond.
Then his v doughters & his doughter in lawe in hodes.
Then the yeomen ij & ij.
Then the gentlewomen & the gentlemen & after all others.
In w«*» order they p'ceaded to the Churche where the corpse and all thother being placed '^'ork
herald read the thankesgeuynge as he Dyd at other tymes accustomed & as followeth.
Blessed be the Kinge of Etemall glorye who thorowe his de^'yne power hathe translated the r}'ght
W'shipfull S' John Mervyn knight fro thys Earthlye vnto his hevenlye kingdom.
And then a Psalme beinge songe M^ Chaunceller aforenamed began the Sermond wherein he dyd
comend the defunct for his Juste dealinge & for kepynge p'myses w**» Sermond ended begun thofferynge the
syngiuge in the meane ceason the cxix psalme.
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Then the chief momer w**» thother iiij followinge hjrm p'ceaded vpp to the ofTeringe w*>» york herald
before them whereat onelye the chief mom* ofTerid & returned to there places.
Then the sayd Chief mom' w**» york before hym p'ceadid agayne vppe & the said mom* standing
besydes the pryste yorke returned downe & at thead of the hersse delyu'ed vnto John & phyllyppe m'vyn the
cote of Armes who w*^ York before them offered vppe the same to the Chief mom' aforesayd & he delyu'ed
yt to the clerke who placed yt on the table & york w** the ij mom's.
Then thother ij momei's at yorks hands received the swerde who in all poyntes as afore offered the
same & retumed to theyreplaces.
Then the ij fyrst lykewyse offered the target & then thother ij thelme & crest & retumed.
Then the pennon of Armes & alsoe the standerde were lykewyse offered & recevid.
Then the Chief mom' offered for hymselfe & retumed to his place w*i» York before hym.
Then offered thother iiij mom's ij after thother ij were retumed w*** York before them & toke theyre
places.
Then offered his doughters & then the gentiemen & yeomen.
Then the p'ceaded forthe w**» the comemorac'on at thend whereof the mom's onelye retumed home
and then the body was buryed m the north He of the Churche aforesayd where in the aforenamed York sawe
tlie hatchements orderlye sett uppe & had for his Droyctes.
All the poore people there had 4^ the pece.
The Paynters byll Robert Grenewood.
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Thelme p'cell gylte.
The Creste the squyrreU aforesayd.
The wrethe whyte & black.
The mantels of veluett w*^ tersells & knops gylte.
The Targett of hys Armes.
A Swerde cou'ed w**» veluet w**» pomell chape & pendent gylte.
vi Scocheons of buckram ij of hym alone & thother of hym & his wyfes.
It'm one Dorsser in paper in metall.
It'm ij Doorss in coler at.
It'm a headpeece brase of Iron w*** a Rodde for the Cote & a pyn for thelmett.
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abstracts of '' Jitqitisittoness $osst JQlortem/'
By Inipttltttion touching EDMUND MERVINE (co. South*"-), taken in the indyeai of James I. 2 Jas. I. (1604.-5.)
(1604-5) ^'it^ respect to a lease held by him from his father, the jurors found that he died 9th September, Miscell. Inq., ]%art 12,
1604, when his son Henry was in his 2 1st year. No. 187.
Inq[tttltttC0ll taken after the death of EDMUND MERVYN, Esquire, son of Henry Mervyn, of 12 Jas. I. (1614-15),
CO. Southampton. part 2, No. 175.
The jurors found that he held the site of the late Monastery of Durford in Sussex, with the
demesne lands of Durford, in Hartinge and Rc^tte (Sussex), and in Petersfield (Southampton). That
Henry Mervyn was his son and heir.
abstrartss oF-WLillfi.
Sir EDMUND MERVYN, Knt My body to be buried in the south aisle of the church of Bramshot, 24 July, 4th
"where Sir Edmund Pakenh'm, Knt, and my lady, late his wief, lye." All my plate, redy money, Edw. IV.
houseboldry goods and chattels to my welbeloved wief Dame Elizabeth Mervyn, subject to payment of debts (i55^)
and legacies, and to remaining his (Testator's) widow. In default of said Elizabeth entering mto bond to pay Abstract,
debts, &c, then the bequest made to her to be held by executons, except such as I give to her **/refy," viz. :
— " My best basyn and ewer of silver, two stonding cuppes, my silver goblet and xij. silver spones." Also, "I
" give frely to my said wief my horse I ride on myself, my gelding I had of Mr. Ford, my dune gelding w*-
" biacke fyst (flank or side), my cloth sacke horse, my curtail y* my cooke comenly rydeth on, and two
" ambling coltes at Westminster." Also, " I give frely to my said wief my best scarlet robe, with ail appareU
** belonging to the same. I give to Henry my sonne my Wiltshire gelding and another of my coltes not
" bequeathed which he lyketh best at Westland." " I give to my daughter Edith, wief to the said Henry, my
" Westminster curtail nage and my other scarlet robe with the apparell of the same. I give to Elenor Rous my
" daughter my browne blew Abbet and also money " to dischai^e my consyens for her agenst Ayling. " To
'*Cos)m Nicholas Tichbome my grene Abbet with apparell of the same," and money. To Thomas Erlesman
my violet Abbet and money, llie rest of my plate, redfe money, householdstuf, goodes and cattalles not be-
queathed, (my debtes paide) be devyded by my said wief by her discretion amongest m^ children. Provided that
in the dyvision "my sonne Henry shall have for his parte all the plate that I had with the manage of his wief
" that was Sir Anthony Wyndesores ; and my two best saltes and my standing cuppe." To S^ John Probyn,
my chaplvn, my ryding gowne and money. At the daye of my buriall nftie shillinges to be geven to poore people
at Petresteld, and halfa quarter wheate to the poore people at Bramshot ' ' I w3l that the parson of Bramshot
be allowed tenne poundes for his first frutes at the oaies apoynted for payment of the same." I hartely desire
my said wief to make a new lease to my sonne Wlll3rajn Mervyn and his sonne for terme of her lief, of tiie
ferme he dwellith in. To Cosyn Marie Burl^h twentie markes for her manage, and I do desire my said wief
to ^ve her twentie nobles more to make up twentie poundes. I apoynte as executours of my will, my Cosvn
WiUyam Mervyn, Edmund Mervyn parson of Bramshot, and Richard Rous, giving vnto euery oi them for
their paynes fourtie shillinges, I apoynte as sup'visour of my will, my Cosyn S' John Mervyn, K^iight,
prajring hym to take my bokes of lawe for my Cosyn James Mervyn, in recompens of suche rekenynges as be
betwen hym and me.
Testator rescinds beauests of his ' * habettes to his wife and doughter Edith, " &c. , and directs ' ' that all Codicil.
" my habettes be solde to tiie most advantage, and the money rysinge therof to be employed to the payment
" of my debtes." If wife should die, then " my sonne Henry or any other that shalbe the next heire to
** her shall have the residue of my goods," &c By will " I appoynted my nevewe William Mervyn and
" my sonne Rowse to be myne executors ;" I now "appoynte and assigne my nevew John Mervyn, my
" nevewe Willyam Mervyn, and my sonne Edmund Mervyn to be myn executours, and my said sone Rowse
" to be none of them, because they be nerer by bloode vnto me and of myn owne name, giving to every of
" them for their paynes and labors taken fourtie shillinges." Proved in London, 16 Nov. 1553. (/^^.
"20 TasA€.")
EDMUND MERVYN, of Petersfield, co. Southampton, Esquire. All my estates in Counties of 8 Sep. 1604.
Sussex and Southampton to my wife Anna, to bring up my children now unmarried, and pay them marriage Abstract,
portions. To my son and heir, Henry Mervyn, all said estates at death of my wife. Residue to wife, to
be my executrix. Proved in London, 20 Feb., 1604-5.
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6 Mar. 1609. HENRY MERVYN. To be buried ** in parishe churche where it shall please God I shall depart
Abstract. ** *^*^ ^^^'^» w*^^^' either ringe of bells, or any other pompe or shewe, more than one bell to be runge presentlie
'* after my departure out of this life, to geue knowledge that the kinge hath loste subject ; noe more ringinge
** to be vsed before at or after my burialL" "Whereas it is covenanted betwixte my late sonne Edmund,
** deceased, and me, upon the demise of my howse and tenment of Dursford, that my said sonne, his
*' executors, or administrators, is to paie w*Mn sixe months after my deathe vnto such pardons or person
** as I shall name or appoint the same by my last will, the some of One hundred twentie poundes twelue
" shillinges and tenn pence for certaine goodes as it doth appeare in a schedule vnto the said Indenture
" annexol, and alsoe that it is in the choice of me the said Henry, whether I will chuse the goodes in
" the said schedule, or the money as they are praised at in the said the w<* is One hundred twentie poundes
" twelve shillinges tenn pence, I refuse the goodes and doe make choice of the hundred twentie poundes
** twelve shillinges tenn pence, !*'**» some I doe geue vnto my beloved wife, Jane; she to vse and convert
" vnto her owne proper vse." ** I do giue alsoe vnto my said wife all other my goodes and chattels, as
" well reall as p'sonall." ** My said wife, Jane, to be sole Executrix." Proved in London, 20 May, 16 14,
by Executrix, {/^egr. 48 Lawe. )
31 May, 1625. ANNA MERVYN, of Petersfield, co. Southampton, Widow, late wife of Edmund Mervyn, of
Abstract. same place. Esquire, deceased. My brother Sir John Jephson Kn*- and my son-in-law Peter Bettesworth
Esquire; my son S'- Henry Mervyn and his Lady; my daughter Blanch, wife of Mr. Evett ; my linen to
all my daughters ; my nephew William Jephson ; my grandson Peter Bettesworth ; my niece Ann Holland ;
my niece Frances Lucas ; to all my sons-in-law, my brother Lucas, my sister Lucas, and my niece Elizabeth
Bettesworth. Residue to my said brother S'- John Jephson, and my son Peter Bettesworth, and make
them executors. Proved in London, 3 July, 1628.
29 May, 1646. S' HENRY MERVYN, of the City of W^estminster, KnL To be decently buried at discretion of
Abstract. executors. Legacies "to my sonne Awdlie Mervyn, and to my daughters the Lady Blenerhassett, Lucie
" Mervyn, Elizabeth Mervyn, and Frances Coach ;" Bequest to "my daughter Katharine Messar, wife of
" William Messar ;" to "the right hono*»^«- Dame Rachell Lady Kea for many her noble favors and respectes
" to me" ; Legacies are to be paid "out of the arreares due to me as Lieutenant Generall and Admirall
" of his Ma**^ Navie in the Narrow Seas." Confirm deed of gift bearing even date with will of ;£^i 2,000
or thereabouts, " long since due to me from his Ma*^ " unto William Poe, of St. Edmund Bury, co. Suffolk,
whom failing, " my loving friend, Ellis Holmes of Kensington, gentleman," to be executor, and entitled,
subject to payment of debts, legacies, and funeral expenses, to residue of my estate. Proved in London, 12
June, 1640. (^<^. 80 Twisse,)
i5xtract» from ^atoct)ial iSegiaterg of iSogate, ro. ^uasrx.
10.
Baptisms. 1562. May
,. 1563. Novemb.
1565. April 19.
,, 1567. Novemb. 23.
,, 1582. April 2.
,, 1583. December 26.
., 1585. October 17.
1586. Feb. 16.
1593. November 15.
,, 1594. March 19.
1599. May 23.
,, 1600. September 7.
Burials. 1563. Novemb. 27.
1565. April 19.
»» *570' January 9.
„ 16.
,, 1586. March 9.
1593- Dec. 20.
„ 1597. Octob. 19.
,, 1598. Feb. 14.
1599. May 23.
Jane, daughter of Henry Mervyn, Esquire.
Henry, sonne of Henry Merx^'n, Esquire.
John, sonne of Henry Mervyn, Esquire.
Catharine, daught' of Henry Mervin, Esquire.
Elizabeth, daught' of Edmond Mervin, Esquire.
Henry, sonne of Edmond Mervyn, Esquire.
Anne, daughf of Edmonde Marvyn, Esquire.
Will*" sonne of Edmond Mervin, Esquire.
Edmond, sonne of Edmonde Mervin, Esquire.
Dorothy, daughf of Edmond Marvdn, Esquire.
Francis, sonne of Edmonde Marvin, Esquire.
Catherine, daughter of Edmonde Mervin, Esquire.
George, sonne of Henry Mervyn, Esquire.
John, Sonne of Henry Marvyn, Esquire.
Jane Mervin.
Catherine Mervin.
Will*", sonne of Edmond Mervin, gent.
Edmond, sonne of Edmond Mervin, Esquire.
Richard Mervin, gent.
Dorothy, daughf of Edmonde Mervin, Esquire.
Francis, sonne of Edmonde Marvin, Esquire.
Marriages. 1600, July 29. Peter Betteswort and Elizabeth Marvin.
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IBltract FROM Vinimion of 3^Mtx.
The four Heralds' Visitations of the County of Sussex were : —
1. In 1530; taken by Benolte, Clarencimx {Ms. Coll. Arm, '' D 15.")
2. In 1574; taken by Cooke, Clarencimx {Ms, Coll. Arm. "Z? II. )
3. In 1633; taken by Philipot, Som*set Her. & Owen, York Her. {Ms. Coll. Arm. C 29 ".)
4. In 1662; taken by S' Edward Bysshe, Clarencimx {Ms. Coll. Arm. ** D 16 ").
I have, by the courtesy of Sir Albert Woods, Garter^ examined the above records, and the only
entry to be found in them relating to the Mervyn family is in the Visitation of 1530, as follows: —
*• Edmonde Marvyne maryede furst Elyano', dowghter vnto Thomas Wellys, and hath
** yssewe Willyam, Edmonde, Edwaxxie, Fraunceys, Nicholas, Elysabeth, Elyano' and
" Augnes."
" The second e wyffe Elysabeth, thyrde dowghter vnto Syr Edmonde Pay'nam, Knyght,
** and hath ysshewe Henrye and Jefferey,"
atopies OF jTuneral (ffertificateB*
JOHN EV ATT, Dean of Elphine, born at took to his i»* wife
Joane, daughter of Roger Bager, of Knockviecar, in the county of Roscommon, by whom he had issue one
son and one daughter, viz' Edward the son and Edith the daughter, both as yet unmarried. The s«* John
took to his 2"*** wife Blanch, daughter of Edward Mervin, of Pettersfield, in Hampshire, in England, by John Evatt.
whom he had issue three sons and two daughters, viz* Thomas eldest son ; Philip 2"** son ; Humphry 1634.
3** son ; Catherine eklest daughter; and Jane the youngest ; all as yet unmaraied. The s* John departed Betham's Irish Fun.
this mortal life at Porlitan-caslane in the county of Leitrim, on Friday in Easter week, 1634, and was Cert., Coll. Arm.
interred in the parish church of Kiltaghock in the s«* county of Leitrim. The truth of the premisses is vol. vi., No. 187.
testified by the subscription of Humphry Reynolds, Esq" who hath returned this certificate into my office
to be there recorded. Taken by me, Thomas Preston, Esq"* Ulster King of Arms, the 9th of May, 1639.
(" W. B." William Betham.)
CAPTAIN EDMOND MERVIN, of Founthill, in the county Wilts, Esq., deceased the 14th of
August, 1634, he had to wife [Mary] daughter of S' Alexander Clifford, of Ijondon, Knt., by whom he
had issue Clifford Mervin, and one daughter being in London ; he was buried in S** John's Church, Dublin,
ye 19"* of August. WM. RYVES.
ELIZABETH, the daughter of S'- John Philipott* of Thaxton, [Thruxton,] in Hampshire in the
Kingdome of England, Knight, wife of Captaine James Mervin, eldest sonne
and heire apparent of S*"- Henry Mervin, Knight, Admirall of the Narrow Seas,
by whome she had noe issue. The said Elizal)eth departed this mortall life
upon Wednesday the 13th of May, 1640, and was interred in the parish church
of St. Warborowes in Dublin uppon the day of the same monneth. The tnith
of the premisses is testified by the subscription of Captaine James Mervin, whoe
hath returned this certificat into my office to be there recorded. Taken by me,
Thomas Preston, Esq'- Ulvester King of Armes, the i6th of May, 1640.
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1634.
Ms. Coll. Arm.
Fun. Cert.
Ireland, p. 19.
Elizabeth Mervvm
1640.
Funeral entries
Ulster's Office,
Dublin.
Vol. ix., p. 42.
CAPTAIN JAMES MERVIN, eldest son and heir apparent of Sir Henry Mervin, Kn*- Admiral
oi the Narrow Seas. The said James took to wife Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir John Philpott, of
Thruxton in Hampshire, in the Kingdom of England, Knt. , by whom he hath no issue. The said Elizabeth
departed this life upon Wednesday the 13th of May, 1640, and the said Captain James departed this life at T;^|^|es Mervvn
Dublin upon Thursday the loth of July, 1641, and is to be interred in S^ Warborough's church in Dublin •' .^ j ' '
the I2ih of the same month. The truth of the premi.->ses is testified by the subscription of Capl°- Audlcy Betham's Irish
Mervin, second brother and heir of the defunct, who hath returned this certificate into my office, there to pyj^ q .
be recorded. Taken by me Thomas Preston, Esq., Ulster King of Arms, the I2th of June, 1641. Q^Yi Arm.
AU. MERVIN. Vol. ix., p. 59.
• A pedigree of the Philipott family will be found in the Visitation of the County of Southampton.
Ms. Coll. Arm., "C. 19," /. 16.
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Christopher
MervjTi; eldest
son; living llsii.
1565; died
without issue.
/'/>//. 1623.
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John Mervyn, of Pert-=
wood, son and heir;
bapt. 3 Aug. 1595,
living Visit, 1623,
aet. 28. Mentioned
in will of his uncle
Thomas (1632), and
in will of his uncle
Augustine (1634). In
1635 he was of Mot-
combe, CO. Dorset.
I
John Mervyn, :
bapt. 20 April,
1 624. Mentioned
in will of Tho-
mas Mervyn
(1632). Letters
of administra-
tion granted 12
Dec. 1692, to
widow and son
Thomas. Bur.
1692.
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of C
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II A
befor
of thi
Gillii
burie
Willbm Thomas Mer
Mer\7n , Purchased B 01
of Pert- House, near ^
wood, canton, co. Dc
living in 1702 ; bui
1685. June 1745.
Henry Merv>Ti, admitted t
of the Manor of Gill in
I Oct. 1745; and sold the(
1752 or 3; bur. 15 June
Lambert Mervyn, b. 12, b
Deverill 24 July 1725
1750 imm.
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APPENDIX III.
TABULAR PEDIGREE %
Showing the issue of the marriage of Elizabeth Mervyn with Paget Walter,
and its present (1873) representatives.
I
Peter=f=Cliristian,
Walter, 1st daiir. of
Edward = Hariot,
son,b.i7i5.
bar. Stal-
bndge,
13 Oct
Thomas
B«lweU.
Walter,
of Stal-
bridge,
2nd son;
b. 1727;
d. 1780.
Sheldon Mervyn Jane Walter,apWilliam Coles,
I
2nd daur. Walter, of Tre-
of George, maley, co. Corn-
fifth wall, 3rd son.
Baron sa
Forrester. Y
daughter, only
surviving child.
J
eldest daur.;
b. 1710; d. II
April 1801,
set 91.
of Salisbury,
d.4 Dec. 178^,
set 80;
bur. in Salisbury
Cathedral.
Diana, Mary, Elizaoeth,
b. 1714; m. d. 1751, b. 1719; m.
George Anne unm. Matthew
Bucket, (God- bur. at West,
son of Q. Stalbridge. of Cran-
Anne). borne.
Anne, an only Harriot Walter,=f=James Bucknall, 3rd Jane Coles, only child=T=ThomasHutchings, eldest son of John Hutchings, of Sher-
child, m. . . . . only child and
Joseph Bui- heiress ; m. 28
lock, of Cavers- July 1774; ob.
field, CO. Bucks. 7 Nov. 178(6.
Viscount Grimston,
created Baron Vera-
lam, 8 July 1790;
b. 9 Mav 1747; d.
I Jan. 1809.
(living 1808) ; b. 17
Dec. 1 744, at Hanley,
Dorset; d. 18 June
1824, bu. in Salisbury
Cathedral, age 79.
borne, co. Dorset (by Elizabeth, eldest daur. of James
Medlycott, M.P. for Milbome Port), assumed the surname
and arms of Medlycott,conformably to will of his maternal
uncle .... January 1765 ; was M.P. for Milbome Port
1 763-68-80 ; died 1795, aged 65 ; bur. at Milbome Port
JamesWalter, 4thViscount,=TpCharlottc, daur. of Sir William Coles Medlycott, of Ven, eldest andspElizabeth, only daur. of William
aeated Earl of Verulam, 24
Nov. 1815; b. 26 Sept. 1775;
d. 17 Nov. 1845.
Charles, ist Earl only surviving son; b. 22 Oct. 1767; created a
of Liverpool; m. Baronet 3 Oct 1808; was M.P. for Milbome Port,
II August, 1807. 1 79 1 ; d. 25 May 1835, set 67; bur. at Milbome Port
Tugwell, of Bradford, Wilts; m.
28 Jan. 1796; d. 31 July 1847,
set 75 ; bur. at Milbome Port.
James Walter, 2nd=?=Elizabeth, daur. of Major Sir William Coles MEDLYCOTT,e^Sarah Jeffery, only daur. of Rev. Edward
Earl of Verulam,
b. 22 Febmary 1809;
ltingi87j.
Richard Weyland, of Wood-
eaton, co. Oxon; m. 12
Sept 1844.
Bart., only surviving son ; b. 31 July
1806; living 1 87 J,
-t
Bradford, Rector of Stalbridge; m. 16
March 1830, at St. Mary's, Marylebone,
London.
TABULAR PEDIGREE IS,
Showing the issue of the marriage of BRIDGET Mervyn, coheiress of her father John Mervyn,
with Henry Nooth, and its present (1873) representatives.
John Mervin
Kooth, bapt
atSturminster
NewtonCasde,
5 Sept 1737;
living at Que-
bec, unm. M.D.
1801. Ped,
Coll. Arms,
180/ J which
k verified; nu
widow of . . .
AYilford, at
Bath in 1807.
Henry Nooth, 2nd son, bom at=T=Anne
Sturminster Newton Castle,
I June 1 741 ; married at Fulham
CO. Middx. ; now (i8oi) of
Spaldington co. York, jure
uxoris, has taken the surname
and arms of Vavasour by Royal
License, dated 21 March 179 1.
Ped. Coll. Arms, 1801. Lieut
Col. 4*** Dragoon Guards ;
created a Baronet, 20 March
1801 ; d. 15 March 1813.
Asshe-
ton,
eldest
daur.
and
co-heir
ofMaU
orMag-
huU
Yates,
Esq.
James Nooih,=
bapt. at Stur-
minster New-
ton Castle, 28
Sept 1744,
living at Bath,
1801, Ped.
Coll. Arm.
1801.
'Elizabeth,
daur. of . .
Bindley,
sometime
one of the
Barons of
the Cinque
Ports; livinc
1792. Pel.
Coll. Arms,
1801,
Edward Nooth,
bom at Sturmin-
ster Newton
Castle, 18 May
1747; bapt 28
Sept 1758;.
died at Verdun
in France, unm.,
1767. Ped.ColL
Arms. 1801,
Mary Nooth, =pJohn
bapt at Stur-
minster, Newton
Castle, 13 Jan.
1743, d. . . . :
bur. at Bristol.
Ped, Coll, Arms.
1801,
James
of Bristol,
Ped. Coll.
Arms, 1801,
One son, John Mervin James,
mentioned in will of Robert
Prower, (1792.)
Ped. Coll. Arms, 1801.
Edward Trafford Nooth, b.
14 Feb. 1766. Capt. 76th
Regt; d. at Calcutta, 5
Nofv. 1796, unm.
Sir Henry Maghull Mervins^Anne, elder daughter of William
Vavasour, Bart.; Lieut-Gen,
b. 19 July 1768; d. 4
January 1838.
Vavasour, Esq., L.L.D., of
Dublin; m. 14 July 1807; d.
7 June 1845.
Charlotte Nooth,
b. IS April 1788.
Ped. Coll. Arms,
1801.
Hennr Nooth, b.
22 June I 795.
Ped. Coll, Arms.
1801.
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Sir HENRY*f=The Honorable
Mer\tn Vava-
sour, Bt of
Spaldington co.
York, b. 17
Jme 1814, at
Melbourne Hall,
Thornton, co.
York; succeeded
lus lather as 3rd
Bart., 4 Jan.
1838.
Louisa Anne
Neville, 2nd
daur. of Richard
3rd Baron Bray-
brooke (by Jane
d. of Charles,
2nd Marquess
Comwallis),
m. 30 June,
1853, at St
James's Church,
Piccadilly.
Anna Mer-=!
vinia, b.
II Sep.
1812, at
Elvington
Hall, CO.
York ; m.
1839, at
Monkstown,
CO. Dublin.
'Rev. Joseph
Dunnington
Jefferson,
M.A., of
Thicket
Priory, co.
York.
Blanche, b. 6 June 1854; d. H and
bur. 19 July in the same year.
Con:^tance, b. at Hatherton Hall, 16
March; bapt in Eccl. par. of Can-
Jiock, CO. Stafford, 11 April 1856;
liiHng 1873-
3 sons and
living
3 daurs.,
1873-
WiUiam
Thomas
Vavasour,
only son
of Rev.
Richard
Frederick
Vavasour,
Rector of
Stow, CO.
Gloster.
1st I
aa Caroline
Susan, b. 21
July 1 816, at
Melboume
Hall; m. ist
in 1 841, at St
George's,
Hanover Sq.,
and 2nd]y. in
1868, at Bath.
2nd
: Rev. William
Wiggin,
Rector of
Hampnett, co.
Gloucester;
living 1873.
1
Emma "Ma-
tilda, b. 26
Sep. 1818,
at Mel-
boume
Hall : m.
1852, at
Brompton,
CO. York ;
living 1873,
=WhitehaU
Dod, of
Llannerch
Park, CO. Den-
bigh, only
child of John
Whitehall
Dod, of
Cloverley,
M.P. for
North Shrop-
shire; living
1873.
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eraltra' Visitations.
Uiaitation of asailta, 1565.
(Ms. ColL Arm. " G. Z:* fo. 54J
Annexed to this pedigree are two shields of Arms in trick, the one being: — *^ Argent, a demy -Hon
ramfant, sable., charged on the shoulder with a fleur-de-lis 9r^^ the other, the same bearing, charged with a
iaba of ^points gules for difference,
WYLLYAM MARVIN of Pertwoode, in com. Wiltes, Gent., nefewe to Walter Marvyn, of Fown-
te3aie, in com. Wiltes Esquire, maried Mai^garett, doughter to Wyllyam Fletcher, and of Jone his wife,
doughter and heire to Tohn Brether of Pertwoode aforsaide and by her had yssue John Marvyn his eldeste
Sonne and heire, Elizabeth vnmarried.
JOHN MARVYN of Pertwoode aforsaid Gent, eldeste sonne and heire to William Marvyn afor-
saide, maried Alyoe doughter to John Cockerell of Stoughton in the saide countie and by her had yssue
John Marvin his eldest sonne and heire, Phelippe Marvyn seconde sonne, Margarett maried to Aldelme
Whitaker of Edington in com. Wilts.
JOHN MARVYN of Pertwoode aforsaide gent, eldest sonne and heire to John Marvin afore-
saide, maried Melior, doughter of Robert Gouldeslx>roughe of Knoyle in the saide countie, and by her
hath yssue Xp'ofer Marvin his eldeste sonne and heire apparante, John Marvin seconde sonne.
Uiaitatwtt of fflsailta, 1623.
{Ms. Coii. Arm. " C. 22," >• 23^^)
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Willms Fletcher ^Johanna filia et hoer Johis
de com. Wilts, f Brother de Pertwood.
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Fletcher de com.
WUts.
Johannes Maruin, de :
Pertwood, in co. Wilts,
fii et hoeres.
sAuis filia Johannis
Cockerellde Stoughton,
in com. Wilts.
Elizabetha, obijt sans
issue.
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Pertwood in co. Wilts.,
fil et hoeres.
sMelior, filias Robti
Goldesborow de Koile,
in com. Wilt
MdTgareta vx Aldelme Phillippus
Whitaker de Edington, Maruin,
in com. Wilts. 2 filius.
Christopher Thomas Maruin de Geor^us =f=Elizab.
Maruin, filius Pertwood, incomitat Marum, '^'"
primogenitus Wilts, 2 fiL et hoeres 3 filius et
obijt sine fratris duzit Marg^' hoeres
prole. filia Johis Edwardes, fratru —
de Westben^in sup'stes
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I Anna filia 2 Matheus
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de Stockton 3 Ricardus
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set 10
filia
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Sambome
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in com.
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Ambrose
Maruin,
6 filius duxit
Kliz. filia
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2 Elizabetha Augustine
3 Maigaret Maruin
filius et
hoeres atai
4 annoru, —
1623.
1 Dorothea
set 12
2 Maria
set 9
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set 2
4 Presilla
set I
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3 Chris-
topher
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Utaitatum of asailia, 1677.
(Ms. CoU. Arm. "Z>. 28," fo, 31.)
Arms tricked : — " Argent a demy-lyon rampant Sable^ charged on the shoulder with a fleur-de-lis orJ^
rge Mervyn of Pertw
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in com. Wilts, Esq., I in com. Wilts Esq.
Edward Mervyn of Sarum, Gent,e?pFrances, da. and heiress to Francis Sheldon,
Annor 37, 1677. of Manston, in com. Dorsett, Esq.
Sheldon Mervyn, Edward Frances Mary Anne
aetat ii. * Marvyn. Meivin. Mervin. Mervin.
Signed "EDW. MERVYN."
Uiaitation of Eontron, 1664.
{Ms. CoU. Arm. "Z>. 19," >. 87*.)
Arms tricked '.--Argent a demy4yon rampant Sable, charged on the shoulder with a fleur-de-lis
Argent. A MarUettfor difference,"
John Mervin of Pertwood in com. Wilts. =r*Mellior, dan'- of Goldsbeny.
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4th Sonne.* West Knoile, in com. Wilts.
John Mervin of London, = Frances, da. of Richard Simonds of London,
Merchant.
and his sole heir.
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Francis, sonne and heire, aet 10, An<>* 1664. James. Maiy.
Signed "JOHN MERVIN."
♦ In the Visit. 1623 he was described as 6th son, but two of his brothers who were then livii^ vix.,
Christopher and Thomas, had subsequently died without leaving issue.
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^tstracts OF SSatUss.
8 May 1599.
Abstract.
22 Feb. 1620.
Abstract.
13 Feb. 1632.
Abstract.
JOHN MERVIN, of Pertwotxi, in co. Wilts, gent. To be buried at ditto. All my godchildren,
I shilling. To my brother Philip, my best apparel, and to his sons, Andrew and Will, 20». To John
Adams who has married my said brother's daughter, and their children, 20"- each. To my son George M.,
6cF^' and every of children £2, 13. 4. To my son William M., lo™- To my son Augustine M., 100 sheep.
To my son Ambrose M., lOO™- and my house at Hindon for life, and after to my son Thomas M.
To my wife Mellior M., all my goods, plate, &*• All the rest to my said son Thomas M., my executor.
My brother-in-law Augustine Gouldesborowe and Mr. John Hale, to be overseers. Proved 13 November
i6oi, by executor. (Reg'- 82 WoodalL)
WILLIAM MARVIN, citizen and brewer of London, sick in body, &c. To be buried in
S*" Sepulchre's without Newgate. To my daughters Elizabeth Marvin and Susan Marvyn, both under age,
each 100 marks, plate, bedding, &«•• and to the former a gilt cup on which is engraved my name and that
of Anne my late wife, and if my said dau£[hters die under age, their shares to be divided b«tween my now
wife Elinor, and the children of my brother Andrew Marvyn, and those of my sister Frisittie Adams wife
of John Adams. To my said brother Andrewe Marvyn, ^"5, and wearing apparel, and to his daughter
Katherine Marvyn (under age) ;^5, and to his son William Marvin (under age), ;f 10. To my apprentice
John Adams, 4C^. To my sister-in-law Elizabeth Brayman, citizen and clothworker of London, 20*- To
Edward Newman and his wife, my wife's father and mother, 40"., and wearing apparel. To Elizabeth
Newman my wife's sister, 40s., at age of 21, or marriage. Francis Baylye citizen and innholder of
London, the aforesaid Richard Brayman, Thomas Gresham, citizen and Merchant Taylor of London, and
William Shawe, citizen and blacksmith of London, overseers. Residue to my wife Elnor, sole executrix.
Proved in London, 13 April 162 1, by Eleanor Marvin, the relict (Reg'. 32 Dale.)
THOMAS MERVIN, of Peartwood, in co. Wilts, Esq. To be buried in Peartwood Church. To
the cathedral church of Sarum. To poor of Hindon and of East Knoyle. To Friswide, wife of John Addams,
of Hindon, 40"- a year for life out of my lands in East Knoyle, called Roskins. To my wife [not men-
tioning her name]. To my brother William Mervyn, and to Thomas, said William's son, my godson.
To my brother Austin. To my brother Ambrose, 400 sheep. To John, the eldest son of my brother Geoi^e,
estate at Chicklad, co. Wilts, for life ; remainder to John, eldest son of said John ; remainder to Mathew,
one other of the sons of said George my brother ; remainder to Richard, one other of the sons of said
George ; remainder to Thomas, one other of the sons of said George ; remainder to my right heirs. To
Thomas Mervin, son of my brother George, an annuity of ;^io, conveyed to me by my said brother George by
deed dated 5 May, 20 Jac., and if he dies before the expiration of term named, then Nicholas Mervin, who
is mentioned in the deed, to have it, and if he dies, then to go to my brother Ambrose Mervin. My brother
George, to be sole Executor and Residuary Legatee. My cousin, Mr. Robert Gouldesborough, late of
Meer, the elder, and Mr. William Clone, late of Kinston Deverell, to be overseers. Proved in London,
20 May 1633, by George Mervin. (Reg^ 46 RusselL)
AUGUSTIN MERVIN, of Knoyle, in co. Wilts, gent. To my daughter Mary yxP^ To my
daughter Virtue 300^ To my daughter Priscilla 300*»- To my daughter Ann 300™-, to be paid at 18. My
wife Priscilla to be their guardian, and till my elder son come to 21. To be buried at Knoyle, near my
eldest son. The rest of my estate to my said wife and son Christopher Mervin, my Executors. My nephews,
John and Matthew Mervin, to be Overseers.
My daughter Katherine Mervin 200°^ at 18. Proved 17 November 1637. (Reg*- IS4 Goare,)
WILLIAM MERVIN, of East Knowell, Wilts, clerk and bachelor. Mr. Thomas Mompesson
owes me ;£^I04, and Mr. John Bennet and Anthony William owe me jf 52, and my brother-in-law,
Robt. Dominicke, £60, To his wife, my sister Lucy Dominicke, £^0. Her sons, William, Nicholas
and Francis Waldgrave. My sister, Mellyer Gundery; her son William and daughter Jane Gundery.
My sister, Mary Grove. My kinswoman, Mrs. Ellen Mompesson, and Robert Dominicke, to be my
assigns or trustees. My kinsman Thomas Mompesson, and his brother Henry Mompesson. Mrs. Rachael
Mompesson and her sister Constance. Administration granted by P.C.C., 21 January 1656, to Robert
Dominicke, one of the trustees named in the will, the other having renounced. {Regr. 22 Ruthen.)
II Dec. 1686. JOHN MERVIN, of London, merchant. My son, James Mervin, ;f6oo, and all my goods in
Abstract ^^^ dyeing-room in his house in St. Clement's Lane, London. My sister, Priscilla Bowles. My niece,
Jane Mervin. My godson, Ambrose Mervin, ;^io, to be paid to my nephew, John Mervin, of Foimthill,
for his use. Residue to my son, Francis Mervin, sole executor.
Codicil. My niece, Jane Mervin, ;^ioo more. Proved in London, 25 March 1689, by Francis Mervin.
29 Oct. 1688. {Kegr., j4 Ent,)
20 April 1 634.
Abstract.
Codicil.
I Jan. 1651.
Abstract.
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MAGDALEN MERVIN, of FounthiU EpiscopL To be buried in the church of Chicklade, co. 20 May 1687.
Wilts, near my husband. To my son John Mervin, 10 shillings and sundry household goods. To my son Abstract.
Nicholas Mervin, >f 50. To my son Thomas Mervin, £Sf and to his now wife Mary Mervin $•-* and to
his son Ambrose Mervin, 40^ To my daughter Mellior Turvill, sundry household goods, and after her
death to her son Francis Turvill, and £$ in money. To my goddaughter Mellior Turvill, £$. To my
son-in-law Francis Turvill, 5s. To my daughter Jane Mervin, £sS* Th^ money I designed for my
deceased daughter Elizabeth Hibberd, I give to her childi-en as follows; to my grandson John
Hibberd, ;f 10 ; to my granddaughter Jane Hibberd, jf 10 and sundry household goods. To my son-in-
law Wilis Hibberd, 5s. The residue of my goods, chattels, and eflPects to my two sons John Mervin and
Nicholas Mervin, whom I make joint executors of my will.
NICHOLAS MERVIN, of Fonthill Episcopi, Gent. To my brother Thomas Mervin, los., and a 4 July 1689.
bond from said Thomas due to me of ;f4. To Ambrose, son of said Thomas, £$, To Mary, wife of said . ,
Thomas, 5s. To my brother-in-law Francis Turville, los. To my sister Mellior Turville, ;f 10. To -Attract.
Francis Turville, son of Francis Turville, £$, and to his sister Mellior Turville, £$. To my sister-in-law
Ann Mervin, a box of linnen. To my sister Jane Mervin, ^20. To my brother-in-law Wilks Hibberd,
5s., and to John Hibberd his son, £$, To Jane Hibberd sister of said John Hibberd, £$. To my aunt
Boles, los. a year. To my cozen Elizabeth Boles, 40s. To my goddaughter Mary Parsons, my little
bible. All the residue of my goods and chattels unto my brother John Mervin, whom I make sole
executor.
FRANCIS MERVIN, of Eltham, Kent, Gent., sick of body, &c. My brother James Mervin, of 25th April
London, citizen and draper, sole executor, to whom all property, bonds, mortgages, &c. Proved i6th May 1702.
1702, by James Mervin, executor. Further administration of goods unadministered granted to Elizabeth, AKctracL
widow of said James Mervin, the executor. Dated 22nd January 1704.
FRANCES MERVIN, of Manston, in co. Dorset, spinster. To my mother Mrs. Frances Nicholas, 28 June 1 716.
one shilling. To my brother Mr. John Mervin, one guinea in gold. To my sister Mrs. Mary Pouldon, Abstract.
one hundred pounds. To my sister-in-law Mrs. Anne Trepsack, ten pounds. To my sister Mrs.
Elizabeth Walter, Tenne pounds. To my nephew Henry Tripsack, and to my niece Jane Walter, each
one broad piece of gold. To Mrs. Francis Vivers, one guinea m gold. All the residue of my personal
estate to my brother Sheldon Mervin, Esq., whom I appoint sole executor. Extracted from the Registry
of the Archdeacon of Dorset,
SHELDON MERVIN, of Hanley, co. Dorset, Esq. To be buried at Pertwood with a black 3 Dec. 1725.
marble stone, and an inscription of my name, &«., and my coat of arms fairly cut. My brother John \y^
Mervin ; my sister Frances Mervin ; my brother-in-law Rev*. John Trepsack ; my sister Elizabeth Walter, '^°®^'^*^*
and her husband Paget Walter, Esq. ; my sister Mary Pouldon, widow, and her heirs for ever, all right in
advowson of church of Manston and lands, &c., in said parish or elsewhere ; she to be sole Executrix.
Proved by Executrix 11 March 1734. (Reg'- 57 Dude.)
MARY POULDON, of Ringwood, co. Hants, widow, relict and executrix of Richard Pouldon, a rirt ^^aa
Esq., and devisee and executrix of Sheldon Mervin, Esq., my late brother, deceased. To be buried in
church of Pertwood, near my said brother, under a black marble stone, and arms engraved as my brother's Abstract,
is. To my niece Bridget Nooth 40- To my niece Frances Mervin 5«- To my nephew Henry Trepsack
4«- To my niece Elizabeth Tripsack 4«- To my niece Ann Tripsack 4«- To worthy friends, Thomas
Freke of Wyke, co. Dorset, Esq., Henry Windham of New Sarum, Esq., and James Willis of Ringwood
gent., advowson of Manson, co. Dorset, and all lands in said parish, in trust that if my cousin Ilenrv Nooth
(R^- 133 Potter,)
ROBERT PROWER, of Cranbome, co. Dorset, M.D To my son John Prower, leasehold ^i Auc. 1792.
csUte at Bishop s-Caundle, co. Dorset. To my daughter Fanny, wife of the Rev. Mr. Rigby, leasehold 1 v
estate at Okeford-Fitzpaine, co. Dorset, for life, remainder to my granddaughter Harriet Rigby. To John 'A"^^'^**^^'
Mervin James, son of John James, of Bristol, Wine Merchant. Residue to my two dai^hters. Fanny
Rigby and Biddy, the wife of the Rev. Mr. Storey. All and every child and children of my^said daughter
Fanny. *
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43 Elizabeth, By Ill(|1li0ition taken at Westbuiy com. Wilts, 2nd September, 43 Elizabeth (1601), after the death
I St part, No. of JOHN MERVYN, Gent. It was found that he died seized in his demesne as of fee of the Manor of Pert-
115. wood, and of messuages and lands in Chicklade, Hyndon, Fontel Episcopi, Fountel GifTord, Stopp, and
Knoyle Episcopi, com. Wilts. It was also found that said John Mervyn died on 24th June 1601, and
that Thomas Ntervyn, Gent, then of the age of 34 years and above, was his son and next heir.
i£xtiact93 FROM $aroci)ial iSegtsterg.
EAST KNOYLE.
(Certified by the Rev. R. N. Milford, the Rector, tth January 1873, and Collated
BY ME, with the ORIGINAL ENTRIES, 6tH AUGUST 1873.)
Baptisms.
" A.D. 1587. El. R. 29»<»-
" Henry, sonne of Mr. John Meivine, bapt- Aug. 13th.
" A.D. 1588. E. R. 30<»-
•* William Marvine, bapt. Novemb. 2^
" A.D. 1589. E. R. 310-
" John, sonn ef Mr. John Merven, bapt. May 8th. '
" A.D. 1592. E. R. 34*»-
" Mary Marven, daughter of Mr. John Marven, Ap. 2nd.
« A.D. 1593. E. R. 35*»-
" Luce Marvine, daughter of Mr. John Marvine, bapt. March 10*^
•• A D. 1594. E. R. 360-
" Edmond, sonne of John Mervine, Feb. 5th.
" A.D. 1595. E. R. 370-
" John, sonne of Mr. George Marvine, bapt. Aug. 3rd.
" John, soime of Mr. Edmond Mervine, Nov. 30th.
" A.D. 1596. E. R. 38.
" John, sonne of Edmond Mervine, bapt. Feb. 7th.
" A.D. 1597. E. R. 39.
** Robert, soime of George Marvine, May 22nd.
" Edward, sonne of Mr. Edmond Marvine, Feb. 28th.
" A.D. 1598. E. R. 40.
" George, soime of Mr. George Marvine, May 28th.
" Thomas, sorme of John Marvine, bapt. July 28th.
" A.D. 1600. E. R. 42.
" Richard, soime of Geo. Mervine, gent., Dec. i8th.
" A.D. 1601.
" Mary, daughter of Geo. Mervine, Feb. I2tli.
" A.D. 1603. E. R.
** Elizabeth, daughter of Jo. Marvine, bapt. June lOth.
"A.D. 1605. Jacobi y-
** Margaret, daughter of Mr. Geo. Marvine, May l6th.
" A.D. 1621.
** Vertuc, daughter of Augstine Marvine, July 22nd.
** A.D. 1623.
" Margaret, daughter of John Marvine, bapt. April 31st
" Priscilla Mervine, daughter of Austine Mervine, May 17th.
" A.D. 1624. Jaco. 22^
" John, sonne of John Mervine, bapt. Ap. 20th.
" Ann, daughter of Austine Mervine, gent., March 1st
" A.D. 1625. Caroli. I""-
*« Maiy, daughter of Jo. Mervine, gent., Ap. 2Sth.
" A.D. 1626.
" Christopher, sonne of Mr. Augustine Marvine, Sept. 26th.
« A.D. 1629.
" Elizabeth, daughter of John Marvine, Nov. 29th.
" A.D. 1631.
" Katherine, daughter of Augustine Marven, Oct 8tb.
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Marriages.
" A.D. 1561. John Marvine and Melior Goldisbrough, Sept. 14th.
" A.D. 1605. Wm. Brethers and Ann Marvine, Dec. i6th.
" A.D. 1610. Leonard Snooke and Mary Marvine, April i6tli-
" A.D. 1628. Ffrancis Toopc and Dorothie Marvin, June 5th.
Burials.
" 1580. Richard, son of John Marven, Sept. 19th.
" 1597. Edmund, sonne of Mr. Jo. Mervine, July 7th.
" 1599. Rob*- Mervine, an infant, June 1st.
" 1 601. Marv, daughter of George Mervine. March i8th.
" 1604. Herbstone, sonne of Edmund Mervine, gent., Dec. loth
" 161 7. Augustine, son of Mr. Augustine Marvine, Dec. nth.
" 1624. Elizabeth, wife of Mr. George Mervine, Nov. 30th.
KINGSTONE DEVERILL.
Biptisms.
" Lambert Mervin, son ofjohn and Eleanor Marvin, July 24th 1725.
"John, son ofjohn and Eleanor Marvin, July 2nd 1 726.
"Mary, daughter ofjohn and Eleanor Marvin, March 6th 1728-9
" William Marvin, May 2ml 1731.
"Jane, daughter ofjohn Marvin and Eleanor his wife, Septr. 1732.
Burials.
" 1805. May 20th, John Mervin, aged 78.
St. MARTIN'S, SALISBURY.
Christ€nings.
" 1667. December 26th, John, son of Mr. Edward and
Mrs. Frances Mervyn.
" 1679. May 4th, John, son of Edward and Frances Mervyn.
" 1680. December nth, Eliz., daughter of Edward and
Frances Mervyn.
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Since the foregoing pages were in print I have found the will of Joan, the wife of William Fletcher,
and the daughter and heir of John Brether of Pertwood (Vide text, pp. 39 and 41), which corroborates the
marriage of Margaret Fletcher with William Mervyn, but shows. that Margaret had a sister
Agnes, the wife of John Dowse. The following is an Abstract of the Will, which is dated 150$, and was
proved at Lambeth, i March 1506, by John Dowse the Testatrix's son-in-law: —
JOHANE FLEYCHURRE, of Hyndon. To be buried in the chapel of Hyndon, in the parish of 1505.
Est Knoyll. To the mother church of Sarum, my wedding ring & I2<i. To the parish church of Est Abstract.
Knoyll, I2d. To the chapel of Hyndon, 3*- 4*1. To each of my godchildren, "an ewen shipp." ** I bequeth Will of
to Isabell the dought' of William Mervyn, my son-in-lawe, a hajJorde [heifer] of xii months age." To Agnes Joan Fletcher.
Dowse, daughter of John Dowse, "a kow." "I bequith vnto William Mervyn, my son-in-law, and to
Margarete his wif, my dought*, a C hede weders [wetners], as they reune owte of the lete and two keen
[kine] the which they haue in their possession." To Robert Stone an ewe and a lamb. To Cristian Longley
an ewe and a lamb. My son-in-law John Dowse and Aenes his wife, my daughter, executors. Witnesses
S'- John White, par. priest; S' W"- Wade, Chaplain of Hyndon ; Tho. Ffrythe; Ric. Payne; Hen. Payne;
John Pynfolde; W™Ffletcher & other more. Proved at Lambeth, i March 1506, by John Dowse. {Ptero^.
C. Cant. Regr. 20 Adeane.)
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iSSonummtal fitgcrqitiong.
On a gravestone in the North Choir Aisle of Exeter Githedral is the following
inscription : —
EXETER
CATHEDRAL.
RiCHASOUS MSRVIN S.T.P.
E. Pertwood Wilton Antiqno et Generoso stemate ortns.
Caacd : et Canon Resident : huins B. P. Exon :
Rererendns at Pater, Humilis nt Filins Eccliie
Bona et mala tempomm perpessns immotos
In omnibus, Deo, Ecclifft, r^ sibi oonstans.
Vir siunrissfani, simnl et acerrimi ingenii
Libris hand panmi, etiam et rebns versatissimns
Sni parens, in saos largissimns.
Vijdt (Lector) nt ta debes, Pi^, jxistk.
Expirayit nt tn velis, lente, suaviter.
Sascitandns nt Dens vult, (et nos credimns) Gloriose.
Dehinc migravit Oct : I7<> An: Dom; 1669;
Stat 69.
Here lieth the body of Richakd Mervin, S.T.P., of Pertwood, Richard Mervin,
Wilts : descended from an antient and re^>ectable family. D.D„ 1669.
Chancellor and Canon Residentiary of St. Petei's, Exeter.
As a father of the Chnrch, revered; as a son, obedient :
During the troubles of the times he was inflexible.
And to his God, his King, his Church, and to himself, steady.
His disposition was gentle, and his genius quick,
His knowledge in books, great ; of mankind, extetisive :
Parsimonious to himself, to his friends beneficent.
He lived, (O Reader) as thou oughtest,— rel^ously and justly;
He died, as thou would'st, gradually, and with pleasure,
To rise, at the voice of God, (as we hope) with Glory.
He departed hence Oct'- 15^ 1669 ;
aged 69.
On a gravestone in the Chancel of the Church of Heanton Punchardon, co.
Devon : —
Depositvm VRsuLiE Mervin
Fsminsc Lectissimse
(Vidvoe D.D. Richardi Mervin
Hvjvs Eccle.«i£e Rectoris '
Ncc ncn Cathcdralis Exon
Cancel larii longe Dignissimi)
Sed Virtutes (Quas svmme colvit
Temperantiam Modestiam Urbanitatem
Eleemosynas preces Divtinas
Pietatem »
NahIvs capiat Tvmvlus
Obiit 24? die Octobris
Anno Dom: 1687— setat 74.
HEANTON
PUNCHARDON.
Ursula Mervin,
fVidintf, 1687.
Juxta sitvs est Richardvs Mervin
Filivs Richardi et Vrsvlce Mervin
Predict natv minimus in spem
Beatae Resvrrectionis obiit 20 Apr.
1689.,
Svb Anno, aetatis svae 37.
On the stone the following arms are cut, viz. :--{Ai^ent] A demy lyon rampt [Sable] charged on the
shoulder with a fleur de lis, [or] for Mervin, impaling on a chevron, 3 molets. ...... for Trust.
Richard Mervin,
1689.
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IIEANTON
PUNCHARDON—
Continued.
Rev. William Mervin,
1 719, and
Christian his wife,
1695.
On a second gravestone in the Chancel of the same ChiircJi: —
M.S.
GuLiELMi Mervin. A.M. ^
Aulse Pembroch : olim socii
Hujus Ecclesise deinde Rectoris
per annos. 49
obhtNov: 2, 1719.
aetatis 77
accabat marito uxor pientissima
Christiana
Viri vere Reverent li Richardi Newte
de Tiverton, Filia
obiit Aug. 27. 1695.
£tat 46.
The following are the arms engraved on the stone : — [Argent] A demy lyon rampant [Sable]
charged on the shoulder with a mullett, for Mervin, impaling Gules a chevron between 3 hearts ai^ent,
pierced by daggers in bend sinister ppr. pomel and hilt or, for Newte. — Crest: On a wreath a squirrel sejant.
On a further gravestone in the Chancel of the same church : —
Sara Blake, " Hie jacet
1722. Sara, Gulielmi et Christianae Mervin
Filia natu maxima
Georgii Blake de Alwington Rectoris
Conjux Fidelessimae ; ,
Obiit May 27. 1722
setat 45.
The arms on the foregoing gravestone are : —
Blake, .... a fe«s indented .... In chief a bow and in base 3 arrows ....
Impaling, Argent a demy lyon rampant sable, charged on the shoulder with a mullett, for Mervin.
Crest: A dexter hand, couped at the wrist, grasping a bow.
Rev. William Mervin,
1744.
Laetitia, his wife.
1730.
Thomas Mervin,
1742.
Christian Mervin,
1748.
In the churchyard of Heanton, on a plain flat stone monimient encircled by
iron rails, are recorded the deaths of,
" William Mervin, A.M., Rector of this Parish, ob : 20 July 1744, aged 67."
" LiETiTiA, his wife, daughter of Dr. Thomas Bouchier, Professor of Law, and Principal
of St. Alban HaH, Oxford, ob: 13th May 1730, aged 43."
** Thomas Mervin, their son, ob: i June 1742, aet: 19."
*• Christian Mervin, sister of the above William, and daughter of the Rev*- William
Mervin, sometime Rector of this Parish, ob: 17th August 174B, aged 65."
On the above stone the following arms are engraved; —
Mervin as above, impaling , .... a chev: between 3 [dogs?] collared, for Bouchier.
MARWOOD.
Margaret Mervin,
1723-
John Mervin,
1750.
On a tablet in Mar wood Church, co. Devon : —
" Here lyeth Margaret, W^fe of Richard Mervin, Esq., eldest daughter of Robert Burridge, of
Tiverton, Merchant — A woman of excellent virtues — she died the i8th of June, 1723, in the 42 year of her
age, leaving behind with her husband 5 children, viz,^ Margaret, Elizabeth, John, Christian, and
Samuel."
*' In the same Grave lie the remains of John Mervin, Esq., her eldest son. He died June the 21st
1750, aged 35."
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" Here lieth
The body of Richard Mervin, of Marwood Hill, Esq., who died Nov. 15th 1740, in ye 68th year
of his age.
Near this lieth also
The body of Samuel Mervin, Gent, his youngest son, who died January 8th 1743, aged 24."
In the Churchyard : —
"Qohn Merjrin, Esq., dyed June 27th ,i75[ol aged 35"
<In memory of Charles Cutcliffe Drake, Eso., of Springfield, in this county, who died
1 8th Oct 1858, aged 50 years.
" Also of
John Rothwell Drake, his second son, who died 19th March 1859, aged 16 years."
MARWOOD—
ConHmud.
Richard Mervin,
1740.
Samuel Mervin,
1743-
John Mervin,
1750.
Charles Cutcliffe
Drake,
1858.
John Rothwell Drake,
1859.
" Also of
Frances Drake, mother of the above-named Charles CutdifFe Drake, widow of Zachary Hammett
Drake, Esq., and daughter of Charles Newell Cutcliffe, Esq., late of Marwood Hill, in this parish. She
died Sth April 1867, aged 86 years."
" Also of
Mary Drake, widow of the above-named Charles Cutcliffe Drake. She died 21st Feb. 1870, aged
61 years."
•* Here rest the mortal remains of Anne Cutcliffe, second daughter of Charles Newell Cutcliffe,
Esq., and Margaret his wife, late of Marwood Hill, in this parish, who died 2nd May 1859, aged 77 years."
" In memory also of Emma Cutcliffe, fifth and youngest daughter of the above-named Charles
Newell and Margaret Cutcliffe. She died 14th March, 1865, aged 76 years."
"Also in memory of Harriet Elizabeth Cutcliffe, fourth and last surviving daughter of the
above-named Charles Newell and Margaret Cutcliffe. She died 12th April 1867, aged 80 years."
In the Chapel at Lee, in the parish of Ilfracombe, an edifice erected at his
instance and through his exertions, the following Inscriptions note the death of Zachary
Hammett Drake and of his second som : —
"To the memory of Zachary Hammett Drake, of Springfield, in the parish of Heanton
Punchardon, and of Lee in this parish, Esquire, who put off this mortal for immortality on the iith day of
March 1847, aged 69. In dutiful affection, this monument is erected by his younger son Charles Cutcliffe,
with the fervent prayer that he may himself emulate the virtues, and follow the bright example, of a
fondly-loved and deeply-lamented father."
" In memory of Charles Cutcliffe Drake, Esqre., the younger son of the late Zachary Hammett
Drake, Esqre., and Frances his wife, daughter of the late' Charles Newell Cutcliffe, Esq. He died i8th
October 1858, aged 50."
On a Tablet Monument in the Chancel of the Church at Ashford : —
*• Sacred to the memory of Frances Mervin Graham, the fondly beloved wife of Captain John
Graham, 55th R^. B. N. I., and daughter of Z. H. Drake, of Springfield, in the parish of Heanton
Puncharidon, Esq., who quitted this transitory life on the 19th of October 1845, ^^ Dacca, in the East
Indies, aged 39 years, beloved and deeply regretted by all who knew her worth. As a tribute of his faithful
and sorrowing affection, this monument is erected by her bereaved and afflicted husband.
It matters little at what hour o' the day
The righteous fall asleep. Death cannot come
To him untimely who is fit to die ;
The less of this cold world, the more of Heaven;
The briefer life — the earlier immortality."
Millman.
Frances Drake,
1867.
Mary Drake,
1870.
Anne Cutcliffe,
1859.
Emma Cutcliffe,
1865.
Harriet Elizabeth
Cutcliffe,
1867.
LEE
ILFRACOMBE.
Zachary Harcmeli
Drake,
1847.
Charles Cutcliffe
Drake,
1858.
ASHFORD
Frances Mervin
Graham,
1845.
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ATHERINGTON.
On
a gravestone in
the Chancel of Atherington Church, co.
Devon
M.S.
Rev. William
Mervin,
Reverendi Gulielmi Mervin
1759.
CoUegii Exonien olim socii
S. T. B.
Tam Clare Portionis in Tiverton
Quam hujiis ce Ecclesiae
Rectoris
Dorotheam Rev^* Gawen Hayman
de Southpool
Filiam duxit
Obiit Decern. I7« die A.D. 1759.
at: 77.
iSitracts FROM ^arori)ial iSegiBterjs.
Heanton Punch ardon, co. Devon : —
Baptisms —
" Birthes 1672. Richard, the son of William Memin, Rector of this p'ish, & Cristian, his
wife, was baptyzed the lith day of February."
«« T^ « .A^/: f ^® sone of Mr. William Merven."
Date 107& I jg p^j.jgj^ ^5 baptized June 6th."
" X677. Sarah, daughter of Mr. William Mervin, Rector of this parish, and Christian, his
wife, baptized i6th."
" 1723. Thomas, S» of William and Latitia Mervin, christened, Nov: loth 1723."
" 1729. William, son of Jeremiah and Jane Langdon (Mervin) baptized Feb. 22nd."
" 1753. Thomas Mervin, son of the Revd. Mr. John Marshall and La:titia his wife,
christened August 6th."
" 1754. Laetitia, dau. of the Rev. Mr. J. Marshall and Lsetitia his wife, christened
June 27th."
" 1755- ]o\ai William, son of the Rev. Mr. John Marshall and Laetitia his wife, christened
July 5th, buried July 9th."
" 1756. William, son of the Rev. Mr. John Marshall and Lsetitia his wife, bom August the
fourth, christened August 15th."
" 1758. Frances, dau. of the Rev. Mr. Marshall and Laetitia his wife, christened
Nov. 13th." »
** 1759. Elizaheth, dau. of the Rev. Mr. Marshall and Laetitia his wife, christened
Nov. 26th."
"1 76 1. Sarah Amy, dau. of the Rev. Mr. Marshall and Laetitia his wife, christened
Oct. loth."
" 1832. Sept. 9th. John Mervin Cutcliffe, son of Zachary Hammett Drake and Eleanor
Penrose Drake."
" 1833. Nov. loth. John Mervin Cutcliffe, son of Zachary Hammett Drake and Eleanor
Penrose Drake.
'* 1835. July 3rd. Margaret Maiy, daughter of Zachary Hammett Drake and Eleanor
Penrose Drake."
" 1842. Sept. I2th. John RothwcU, son of Charles Cutcliffe Drake and Maiy Drake."
Marriages —
" 1724. Mr. James Gay and Mrs. Elizabeth Mervin, married Feb: 1 8th."
" The Rev*- Mr. Nich: Gay and Mrs. Margaret Mervin, married Jan: 26th, 1742.**
" ^838, July 3rd. John Graham, of full age, bachelor. Lieutenant H.E.I. C.S., Pilton, son of
Charies Graham, a Captain H.E.I.C.S., married to Frances Mervin Drake, of full age,
spinster, of Heanton Punchardon, daughter of Zachary Hammett Drake, Esquire."
Burials —
'' 1687. Burials. Mw* Ursula Mervin, Oct'- 25th."
" 1689. Mr. Richard Mervin, Aprill 22nd."
" 1693. Mr. Jonas Meruin, Dec. 3rd."
" 1 695. M*^« Christian Mervin, dyed Aug. 27th, and buryed Aug*- 30th."
'* 1 719. Re^d. Mr. William Mervin, Rector, buryed Nov. 6, 1 719."
" Mr. John Mervin, buried 2istMay, 1729,"
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•* Mrs. Letitia Mervin, buried May i6th, 1730."
** Mr. Thomas Mervin, buried June 3rd, 1742."
" Mrs, Jane Mervin, buried Oct 5th, 1742."
** 1744. Revd. Mr. William Mervin, Rector, buried July 22nd."
" 1747. Mary, the wife of the Revd. Mr. MarshaU, July 8lh."
" 1748. Mrs. Christian Mervin, buried Aug*- 20th."
" 1765. Mrs. Elizabeth Gay, buried May 4th.
•* 1783. Laetitia Marshall, buried Feb. 22nd."
Marwood : —
BapHsfHs—
''Margaret, the daughter of Richard Mervin, Esq., was bom the 8th day of Feb., and
baptized 18th, 1711."
" Elizabeth, the daughter of Richard Mervin, Esq., was bom the 15th day of March,
1 712, and baptized April 8th, 1 713."
•* John, ye son of Richard Mervin, Esq., was bom January 14th, and baptized Feb. 4th,
1714."
" Christian, daur. of Rich*- Mervin, Esq., was bom February i6th, and baptized 27th,
1715."
" Richard & Samuel, sons of Rich**- Mervin, Esq., were bom and baptized Sept. 2ist, 171 7."
" Samuel, son of Rich*- Mervin, Esq., was bom & baptized Oct. 7th, 1719."
" Dorothy, daughter of John Mervin, Esq., was bom and baptized July 1st, 1742."
" Margaret, daughter of Mrs. Dorothy Mervin (relict of Mr. John Mervin, lately deceased),
was bom and baptized Sept. 6th, 1750."
Burials —
" Richard and Samuel, sons of Richard Mervm, Esq,, were buried Sept. 22nd, 1717."
*• Margaret, wife of Richard Mervin, Esq., was buried June 19th, 1722."
"Richard Mervin, Esq., was buried Nov. 19th, 1 740."
" Mr. Samuel Mervin was buried Jan. nth, 1743."
** Jolui Mervin, Gent., was buried June 24th, 1750."
"Margaret Cutcliffe, buried May 1st, 1792."
" Mary Cutcliffe, of Hfracombe, June 21st, 1831, aged 47."
" Dorothy Mervyn, of Ashford, May 16th, 1835, aged oj."
** Zachary Hammett Drake, of Heanton Pundiardon, March 17th, 1847, aged 69."
" Charles Cutcliflfe Drake, of Heanton Punchardon, buried at Marwood Oct 23rd, 1858,
aged 50."
" John Rothwell Drake, son of the above, March 24th, 1859, aged i6."
" Ann Cutcliffe, of Ashford, buried at Marwood May 7th, 1859, aged 78."
" Emma Cutcliffe, Ilfracombe, buried at Marwood March 20th, 1865, aged 78."
"Frances Drake, Ashford, buried at Marwood April ilth, 1867, aged 86."
" Harriet Elizabeth Cutcliffe, buried at Marwood April 17th, 1867, aged 82."
"Mary Drake, Pilton, buried at Marwood Feb. 24th, 1870, aged 63."
Ashford: —
Baptisms —
" 1837. March 27th. Dorothy Mervin, daughter of Charies Cutcliffe Drake and Mary
Drake."
" '839- January 14th. Anne Frances, daughter of Charles Cutcliffe Drake and Mary
Drake."
" 1840. July 7th. Charles Henry, son of Charies Cutcliffe Drake and Mary Drake."
Buria^^
" 1869, Dorothy Mervin Landon, Ashford, April 5th, [age] 32."
Barnstaple : —
Baptisms —
" 1709. William, s. of Mr. R*- Mervin and M*- his wife, 1 8th day January."
" 1 7 10. Richard, s. of Mr. R*- Mervin, Minister, and Margritt his wife, bap*- 28th day Aprill."
"1 716. Mary, d. of Mr. Richard Mervin and Margaret his wife, bap**- 1st day of
November."
" ^735- July 3. John, son of Mr. Charles and Mary Marshall."
" 1737. March 30. Dorothy, daughter of Mr. Charles and Mary Marshall."
" 1739. June 17. Margaret, daughter of Mr. Charles and Mary Marshall."
" 1 741. August 6. Charles, son of Mr. Charles Marshall and Mary his wiffe.
" 1783. May 5. Letitia, d. of Rev*- Mr. Thos. MarshaU by Sarah his wife."
" I78i Januaiy 21. Sarah, daug..tei of Mr. Charles Marshall by Sarah his wife."
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Burials —
" 171a November ro. William, son of Richard Mervin, Esq.
" 1732. November 12. Rich*, s. ol ye Rev^ Mr. Mervin, Vicar of Buckland Brewer."
" 1735- October 10. John, son of Mr. Charles Marshall."
" 1741. April L Mr. Richard Mervin, Cleric
Braunton : —
Baptisms —
" John, son of John Mervin, gent., and Jane, was bom Julv 1st, baptized July 1st, 169I."
" Ursula, daughter of John Mervin and Jane, was bom May 1 6th, and baptized May 26th,
1695."
" Jane, daughter of John Mervin, yeoman, was bom October i8th, and baptized November
7th, 1699."
Marriages —
"Chichester Incledon and Mrs. Christian Mervin, married November 7th, 1741."
" 1868. October 6th. Charles Henry Drake CutclifTe, bachelor, of Ilfracombe, son of
Charles C. Drake, Esquire, was married to Henrietta Maria Landon, spinster, of
Braimton, daughter of John W. R. Landcn, clergyman."
Burial —
"Mr. Jonas Mervin, dyed December 1st, and was buryed at Heanton, December 3rd,
'693."
Kenton : —
Marriage —
" Charles Newell CutclifTe, gent., of the Parish of Barnstaple, and Margaret Mervin,
spinster, of this Parish, were married in this Church by License, this twenty-first day
of November, in the year One thousand seven hundred and seventy-six^ by me, John
Wright, Curate. In the presence of John Bond, Sarah Sydenham."
Lee (Ilfracombe Parish) : —
Baptism —
" 1869. 5th August. Charles Bemard Mervyn, son of Charles Henry Drake CutclifTe and
Henrietta Maria Drake CutclifTe."
Morwenstow (co. Cornwall) : —
Baptisms—
" 1805. Febmary the 15th. Zachary Hammett, son of Zachary Hammett and Frances
Drake."
" 1806. Sept. 29. Frances Mervin, daughter of Zachary Hammett and Frances Drake."
Pilton: —
Baptisms —
" 1780. Frances, daughter of Mr. Charles Newell Cutdiffe and Mrs. Margaret his wife,
June 6."
" 1 781. Ann, daughter of Mr. Charles Newell CutclifTe and Mrs. Margaret his wife,
November 4th.
" 1808. Charles Cutclifie, son of Zachary Hammett Drake, Esq., and Frances his wife,
September 29th."
Marriage —
" 1862. 30th April. Charles Whittington Landon, Bachelor, and Dorothy Mervin Drake,
Spinster, by J. W. R. Landon, Off"- Min'"
Tiverton : —
Marriage —
" 1707. May i6th. Richard Mervin, Esq., and Mrs. Margaret Burridge."
Westleigh : —
Baptism —
" 1746. Feby. ye 25th. Charles Newell, son of Mr. Charles CutclifTe and Elizabeth his
wife."
Burials —
" 1813. Charles Newell CutclifTe, Esq., Marwood Hill, Dec. 22, aged 67."
" 1822. John Mervin CutclifTe, Esq., Webbeiy House, Alverdiscott, July 16, aged 43."
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APPENDIX TV.
af)£(ttatt£( OF WLiilsi.
RICHARD MERVIN, "Professor in Divinity and Chancellor of the Cathedral Church of
" St. Peter's in Exeter." He gave to the poor people of the Close of St. Peter's in Exeter £s> to the poor
of the parish of Bratton Clovelly £$, and to the poor of the parish of Heanton Punchardon, where he
then was Rector, £$. He gave unto his dear wife {not naming her) " in lewe of a joynture which was at
" first settled in writing and committed to the custody of her father, he bemg dead many yeares since, and
" y* writing not to be found," his Mansion house, gardens, and orchards in Upton and East Knoyle, in
Wiltshire, and an annuity for life of £/^ a year out of his Barton and Manor there ; " w<* I purchased of
" my eldest bro*" John Mervin of Peartwood, Esq*^ and was the place of my birth." He also gave to his
wife an annuity of ;f 40 out of his " sheaffe and gleebe lands of Stoake Gabrill." To his son, Barnard
Mervin, he gave a 'pecuniary legacy. He bequeathed to his two sons, William and Jonas, the " sheafe of
" Stoake Gabrill," in trust to h^ divided between them, chargeable with the payment of the annuity to their
mother. And he provided that if either of his said sons, A?villiam and Jonas, or both of them, should
happen to die before marriage, then that his sons, John and Richard, should have the part of him or them
so djring. He bequeathed to his said sons, William and Jonas, an annuity issuing out of his tenement
called " Blackgrave " and Kittleknowle. He bequeathed to Richard Mervin his son his messuage, land,
and tenement situate in the parish of Bratton Clovelly, in the county of Devon, commonlv call^ Black-
grave ; and also his tenement in Curriton, known by the name of Kittleknowle, chargeable with the said
yearly annuity to William and Jonas as aforesaid, to hold the said two tenements to Richard Mervin and his
heirs, with power to grant the same for the term of the life of such woman as should be his last wife charge-
able as aforesaid ; and in default of issue, then the two tenements to go unto all his sons that should be then
living after the death of his said son Richard Mervin and such woman as should be his last wife, and to
their heirs and assigns for ever. He beoueathed to his said son Richard Mervin his tenement in Bratton,
commonly called Isaack's tenement, witn the appurtenaiices. He bequeathed to his son John Mervin his
Barton and Manor of Upton in East Knoyle aforesaid, to hold to his said son John Mervin and the heirs of
his body, chargeable with a yearly rcntcharge of three score pounds (as by a conveyance made by him unto
his cousin Willia^l Hayter upon the marriage of his (Testator's) eldest son George Mervin), and the before-
mentioned annuity to lus wife ; and for default of issue of John Mervin, then Testator gave the same to
Barnard Mervin his son after the decease of his (Testator's) wife, chargeable with payment of aforesaid £(x>
a-year, and subject to his (Barnard's) paying to his three younger brothers £$0 apiece ; and in default of
issue of Barnard, Testator gave and bequeaUied said Barton and Manor to his son William Mervin and to
the heirs of his body, chargeable as aforesaid, he paying to his two younger brothers £$0 apiece ; and for
default of issue Testator bequeathed same to Jonas Mervin his son and to his heirs, chargeable as aforesaid,
he paying to his younger brother Richard Mervin £so ; and for default of issue of Jonas Mervin, then to
Testator's son Richaid Mervin, his heirs and assigns for ever, chargeable as aforesaid ; and in case his son
Richard should die unmarried, then that his son John Mervin should havelsaack's tenement. And Testator
declared his will and mind to be that none of \as yoimgest sons should have their estates until they should
attain the age of 23 years, unless their mother should happen to die in the meanwhile ; but that their
mother shoSd have the disposition of the profits thereof until they should accomplish the said age of 23
years. All the rest of his goods and chattels, subject to the payment of debts, legacies, and funeral expenses,
he lefl to his wife and son William, to be bestowed upon his children accordmg to the discretion of his wife,
" as she shall see them dutiful unto her and thinks have been most dutiful unto me." The Testator
appointed his wife and son William executors, and that all might be done with the less trouble to his wife
and son, he humbly desired his " good relations and ffreinds, my brother Richard Trist, M'- Oliver Naylor,
" Lewes Stevings, and my cossin M'- Thomas Cox, that they wUl be my Executors in trust to tluit purpose,
" and in confidence of my dependence yppon them and the affections they haue for mee, my will is that they
** shall haue from my executors aforesaid £$ apiece to buy them rings, as the best testimony of my dearest
" respects I haue ever from them." — Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury by Ursula Mervin, his
widow, and William Mervin, his son, on 29th November, 1670.
10 Sept. 1668.
Abstract
BERNARD MERVIN, Merchant, resident in the city of Lix* in Portugal Poor of Bratton £$.
Poor of St. Peter's in Exon £$. My mother Ursilla Mervin. My brothers William, John, Jonas, and
Richard Mervin. My uncle Richard Trist's five children, viz., Elizabeth, William, Sarah, Elmor, and Maiy
Trist. Ursilla Mervin, daughter of my brother George Mervin. My cousins, Margaret Beames of Mere,
and her sisters. My said mother to be Executrix. Proved in London 25 Feb. 1 681, by Ursula Mervin the
executrix. {Rtgr, 21 CoUU,)
: January 1675.
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GEORGE MERVIN, of East Noyl, in ye county of Wilts, gent. My estate and perpetuall annuity
of Sixty pounds p* ann., lying & being in East Noyl, I doe give unto my loving daughter Ursilah Mervin of
Devonshire, and to her issue for ever. To my brother John Mervin. To Dorothy Haytor, daughter of
George Haytor, Rector of Chagford. Ten pounds per annum to the poor of Branton in Devon. Ten
pounds per annum to Katherine's Almshouse m Exon, to enjoy it for ever. Administration granted 22 June,
1680, to Anne Hayter, widow, guardian of Ursula Mervin, a minor, daughter and sole issue of Testator,
during minority of said Ursula.
5 Sept. 1687.
Abstract.
Kobert Burridge,
30 March 171 7.
Abst ract.
URSULA MERVIN, of Heanton Punchardon, co. Devon, widow. To the poor of each of the
parishes of Heanton Punchardon and Bratton Clovelly. My sons "William Mervin and Jonas Mervin,
Clerks. My son William Mervin, Rector of Heanton Punchardon. My son William to be guardian of my
son Richard; in case of the death of said William, my sons Jonas and John shall succeed him in that office.
The children of said William and Jonas. To each of my grandchildren [not naming them]. Residue
bet^'een my four sons before named. My sons William and Jonas and Lewis Stevings Executors. Proved
in London 10 March, 1688.
ROBERT BURRIDGE, of Tiverton, co. Devon, Esquire. To my sons-in-law Richard Mervin and
Richard Evans. To my brother-in-law Robert Smith and my kinsman Robert Dunsford. To my sister
Alice James. To my daughter Martha Burridge. To my cozen Elizabeth Dyer. To my daughter
Margaret. To my daughters Mar^, Thomazine, Elizabeth and Frances. To my son William Burridge.
To said Richard Mer\'in and Margaret his wife, my daughter. To said Richard Evans and Mary his wSe,
my daughter. To my son Samuell Burridge, sole executor.
lo Nov. 174a RICHARD MERVIN, of Marwood, in the county of Devon, Esquire. I give unto each of my
Abstract. three daughters [not naming them]. 1 give unto Jolm Pine, Esquire, and my dear brother William Mervin
of Heanton. In trust for my son Samuel. In trust for my son Jolin. Residue to John Mervin my son,
whom I ordain sole executor. To be buried nigh my late wife. Proved in the Consistory Court of the
Bishop of Exeter 27th January, 1 740-1, by John Mervin, the son and sole executor.
25 Nov. 1 806.
Abstract.
8 July 1822.
Abstract.
20 May 1750. JOHN MERVIN, of the parish of Marwood in Devon, A.M. If a son shall be bom by my wife
Abstract. within six months (she being quick), ye marriage settlement will show his right, without the trouble of
transcribing it. My daughter Dorothy.
Letters of Administration with the above Will annexed w^ere granted by the Bishop's Consistory
Court at Exeter, to Dorothy Mervin the widow, II August 1 750.
CHARLES NEWELL CUTCLIFFE of Marwood Hill, co. Devon, Esquire. I devise unto kinsman
John Dene, Clerk, and nephew Charles CutclifTe, my messuages and hereditaments in parishes of Alver-
discott, Westleigh, Bishops Tawton, and Comb Martin, co. Devon. Upon trust to raise sums for my
daughters Anne, Mary, Harriett Elizabeth, and Emma, and to pay debts. Subject thereto uix)n trust for
son Jolin Mervin Cutcliffe, his heirs and assigns for ever. I give to my daughter Drake. John Mervin
Cutcliffe, Residuary Legatee. Proved by John Mervin Cutcl3fe, Esquire, son and sole executor, p.cc,
8 June 1814.
JOHN MERVIN CUTCLIFFE, of Webbery, in the parish of Alverdiscott, in the- county of
Devon. To my beloved wife ; my relation and friend John Lord RoUe. My dear wife Residuary Legatee
and sole Executrix. Proved in London 28 November 1822, by Charlotte Cutcliffe the widow and sole
Executrix. \
fo March 1835. ZACHARY HAMMETT DRAKE, of Springfield, within the parish of Heanton Punchardon, co.
Abstract. Devon, Esquire. To my dear wife Frances Drake, and my brother Henry Drake. Lands and tene-
ments in Moorwinstow, Heanton Punchardon, and Marwood to my friend John Marshall of Barnstaple, and
my said brother Hennr Drake, upon trust, &c. To my son Zachary Hammett Drake. To Ellen Penrose
Drake the present wife of my said son Zachary Hammett Drake. To my grandson John Mervin Cutcliffe
Drake the eldest son of my said son Zachary Hammett Drake. To my son Charles Cutcliffe Drake. To
my daughter Frances Mervin Drake. The manors of Warcombe and Lyncombe, and otlier the property in
Ilfracombe parish settled by Mrs. Charlotte Cutcliffe on myself and my said wife and our children. Miss
Federetta Cutcliffe. Proved in London 27 August 1847, by Frances Drake the widow.
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CHARLES CUTCLIFFE DRAKE, of Springfield, in the county of Devon, Esquire. I appoint
my wife Maiy Drake, and William Richard Drake, guardians of my children. I appoint the said William
Richard Drake trustee and executor. My daughters Ann Frances Drake and Doromy Menrin Drake ; my
son John Rothwell Drake ; my son Charles Henry Drake. Administration with the will annexed granted
by the Prin. Reg. of H.M. Court of Probate on the 23rd September 1859, to Mary Drake, widow, the
relict and residuary legatee. Testator died 1 8th October 1858.
HARRIET CUTCLIFFE, of the parish of Marwood, in the county of Devon. My friends Mervin
Marshall of Barnstaple, Esquire, and John Curzon Moore Stevens of Winscott, Esquire, trustees. My
sister Emma Cutdine. My two great-nieces Fiances Ann Drake and Dorothy the wife of the Rev. Mr.
Landon (the two daughters of my nephew the late Charles Drake, Esquire, deceased). My said sister
Emma Cutcliife sole executrix. [Signed, H. E. Cutdiffe.]
Codicil to the last wiU and testament of me Harriet Elizabeth Cutcliefe of Mar-
wood, spinster, in my said will called Harriet Cutcliffe. Whereas by my will bearing date 31 August
1863, I have bequeathed to my trustees Mervin Marshall and John Curzon Moore Stevens, upon
trust for my two great-nieces Mne Frances Bridges (therein called Frances Ann Drake) and Dorothy
Mervin Landon (in the said will called Dorothy Landon) : And whereas my sister Emma Cutcliffe has
recently departed this life. To mv " grandson " [clerical mistake for great -nephezv] John Mervin Cutcliffe
Drake my share in rent charge of ^6o out of farm at East Knoyle, part of the ancient estate of the Mervin
famHy. John Mervin Cutcliffi Drake as the heir-at-law of his aunt Frances Mervin Graham, deceased. My
great-nephew Charles Henry Drake.
FRANCES DRAKE, of Ashford, county of Devon, widow. I appoint Waiiam Richard Drake,
of Oatlands Lodge, co. Surrey, Esquire, and my grandson Charles Henry Drake, trustees and
executors. To my daughter-in-law Mary, widow of my late son Charles Cutcliffe Drake. To my grand-
daughter Dorothy Mervin, the wife of the Rev. Charles Landon. To my granddaughter Anne Frances
Bridges, widow. To my grandson John Memn Cutdiffe Drake, Captain in the Royal Engineers. To
my sister Harriett Elizabeth Cutdiffe. I devise all my estate and interest at the time of my decease in a
jcertain rentcharge of £60 per annum, issuing and payable out of a farm at East Knoyle, co. Wilts (and
which rentcharge was part of the ancient estate of the Mervin family), to my said grandson John Mervin
Cutdiffe Drake. The said John Mervin Cutcliffe Drake as the heir-at-law of his aunt Frances Mervin
Graham, deceased. To my said grandson John Mervin Cutcliffe Drake such of my plate as formerly
belonged to my sister Anne Cutdiffe. Proved in the Prin. Reg. of H.M. Court of Probate, by William
Richard Drake, 6th May 1867. Testatrix died 5th April 1867, at Ashford, Devon.
II July 1854.
Abstract.
31 August 1863.
Abstract.
Codicil.
9 June 1865.
Abstract.
2 June 1865.
Abstract.
^ISinllEtC FROM King Charles I. to the Dean and Chapter of Exeter
FOR THE Election of Richard Mervin, D.D., as Canon Residentiary.
« Charles R.
" Trusty and welbeloved. We greete you well. Whereas Wee are giuen to vnderstand there is now
voyd in our Cathedrall Church of Exeter a Canon's place by the death of Archdeacon Helliar, lately one of yo '•
Residentiaries; These are therefore to Will and Require you forthwith upon yo'- first opportimitie of meeting,
to elect and choose into the sayd voyd place our trusty and welbeloved Richard Mervine, Batchelour in
Divinity, and one of yo'- Prebends. And Whereas all or most of the houses belonging to the simple
Residentiaries have been long agoe leased out by you or yo'- Predecessors the Deanes and Chapters of that
church. Our Will and pleasure is in case the sayd Richard Mervine doe att or before the tyme of his
residence, provide himself of a convenient house wherein to keep hospitality and reside, that then no scruple
may be made in that point that may be any prejudice to his dection aforesayd. Soe expecting yo'- ready
obedience herein, Wee bid you heartily Farewell.
Given att our Court att Matson the i8th day of August 1643."
Superscription— "To our trusty and welbeloved the Deane and
Chapter of our Cathedrall Church of
Exeter, 1643."
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Susanna, the youngest daughter
Balfour, Knt, of Pitcullo, """
widow of Hugh Hamilton]
CO. Fermanagh, Ireland ;
December 1087, in St
Dublin, without issue by
Henry Mervyn.
Fifejo.
Barontsj
d. I
Werbl
her
Iter of Sir Walter
Kildare, Bt., and
, son of Henry
; Mar. Art. dat. 23
in fun. cert, of
\udh
Au^ley Mervyn of Trelich, co.=Jtha,= Thomas
Tyrone, and also of the Naul, '
ca Meath, only son ; mentioned
in fun. cert, of Richard Coote,
Baron Colooney (1683). Party
to settlement on his son's mar-
riage (171 1) ; bur. in Christ
Chuith, Dublin, 18 June 1717 ;
Will dat 1 5, andpr. 27 June 1717.
Heniy Mervyn of Trelich, = Mary, 4 rdson of
mentioned in his father's borne; I 'yrone. On
Will(i7i7); b. before 18 23 Dec >kthename
Dec. 1684- Will dat 7 in dee<3 jntioned in
January 1747; admon. — 8, a -y Mervyn
with Will annexed, 5 April living, © deed of
1765; f./. died 17
Wesley Hannan, mentioned in Will
ancle Henry Mervyn ( 1 747) ; party tc
of 7 May 1752 ; d. 6 April 1758.
^r^,t"^-
Wentworth Harman, Lucy
only son. Aug
fe.
lartha, daughter of Sir Hugh Clotworthy of Antrim, Knt ; d. 24 and bur.
7 August 1685, in St Werburgh's church, Dublin.
Christian, = Captain Robert Cecil of Tewin, co.
mentioned
in her
mother'g
fim. cert.
(1685).
Herts, son of William Cecil of Tewin,
and grandson of William Cecil, 3rd Earl
of Salisbury, K.G.; mentioned in fun.
cert of Martha, Lady Mervyn (1685),
ob. January 1705.
ed
rvm
and
to
of
Bamfield
Russell
of Cur-
ragh, CO.
Dublin ;
party to
deed 8
Frances,
men-
tioned in
her
father's
wm
(1723)-
Audley
Mervyn
Eleanor
William
Cecil
Robert
Cecil
both mentioned in fan,
cert, of Martha, Lady
Mervyn (1685).
both mentioned in fun>
cert, of Martha, Lady
Mervyn (1685).
Ap. 1731.
Jane,
Eu-
mention-
phalia,
ed in her
father's
15
Will
Tan.
(I7i7);d.
1714-
m 1725,
unm.
x./.
Frances, Lcetitia, mentioned =
mentioned in in her mother's Hogan.
her mother's Will (1767) and
Will (1767), in her father's Will
and in her (1776), where she
father's Will is cut oiT with "a
(1776). shilling."
Olivia.
I 1764
Lcetitia, mentioned in= Richard Rochfort, son of Robert
Will of her uncle Henry Rochfort, Earl of Belvedere and
Mervyn (1747). Lieut -Col. 39th Regt., assumed
m. 1764. the name of Mervyn; d.in 1776 in-
testate, i"./.
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jFimeral ©ertificateg.
Lucy Mervyn,
1671.
LUCIA, daur. of Sir Audley Menrin, Kn*- deported this life the ist of Jan^- 1671, and was buried Fun. Ent. Ulster's
in St. Werburgh's Church, Dublin. Office, VoL xiv.
p. 123.
1^^ ^^ i SIR AUDLEY MERVIN departed this mortall life the 24 of October, q,_ a„„twv
t» f^#J and was buried the 26 of the same month in SL Warbou^h's Church, Dublin, Mervyn 167-
/^ \ X IX ^°^- "•' P- 73-
^
RICH"*- COOTE, Lord Baron Cooloney, and one of His Majesty's Most Honble. Privy Council Richard Coote,
departed this life the loth of July, and was buried the 12th of the same month, in Christ Churcl^ Dublin, Baron Colooney,
1683 » ^c m&x^ Maiy, daur. of Sir George S*- George, of Drumroosk in the coy. of Leitrim, Kn*- by 1683.
whom he had issue 5 sons and 5 daurs., Cha"- the eldest son died in his infancy, and Rich'^now Lord of Irish Fun. Ent,
Cooloney who mai4 Cath«- sole daur. and heir of Bridges Nanfan of Brickmorton, in the Coy. of Ulster's Office,
Worcester, Esq*^* by whom he had issue Nanfan, and Rich*- the !■*• about 3 years old, the other Vol. xil, p. 17.
about 2 ; the i"*- ment*- Rich^ Lord of CooIouct had likewise issue Chidley, Tho^ and Geo., Tho^ was
!■*• mai4 to Eliz**** daur. of Sir Tho^ S'- George, Kn** by whom he had issue Rich^ and Mary, his 2""*- wife
was Ann daur. of Christ'- Lovett, Alderm*- and Mayor of Dublin, son of Sir . . Lovett, Kn**- by whom he
had issue Frances ; the 5 daurs. are Mary, mar^ to Sir W™- Stewart Lord Visc*^ Mon^'oy ; Cath«- mar** to
Ferdinando Hastings, Esq'^J Lettice, mar^ to Rob*- Molesworth, of Breckdenstown, in coy. Dublin,
Esq*^' Olivia, mat**- to Audley Mervin, Esq*** Elizabeth, who is yet unmar*-
^ MARTHA, daughter of Sir Hugh Clotworthy of Antrim, Kn*- departed this mortal life the 24th day Martha
c»f August, and was interred the 27th of the same month, in Sl Werburgh's Church, Dublin, 1685. She was Lady Mervyn,
married to Sir Audley MERVYN of Omagh, in the county of Tyrone, Kn*- son of Sir Henry Mervyn of 1685.
Funthill, in the county of Wilts, by whom she had issue Hugh Mervyn, Geoige Mervyn, and Christian Fvn. Ent, Ulster's
Mervyn; George Mervyn, married to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sir Walter Burrows, Bar*- relict of Office, Vol. xii.,
W*- Jones, son to Henry Jones, Lord Bishop of Meath ; the said George had issue Elinor and Audley P- 5^*
Mervyn ; Christiana was married to Captain Robert Cecill, son to the Honorable William Cecill, of the
House of Salisbury, by whom she had William and Robert CecilL The truth of the premises is testified
by the subscription of the aforesaid Hugh Mervyn, eldest son of the defunct, who hath returned this
certificate into the office of Sir Richard Carney, Kn*- Ulster King of Arms. Taken by me Sir Richard
Carney, Athlone, to be there recorded, 28th August 1685.
The RT- Honble, SUSAN, Lady Baroness of Glenawly, daur. of the Honble. Sir W™- Balfour,
Kn*- sometime Lieu*- of the Tower of London, was !•* mar*- to the R*- Honble. Hugh Hamilton Lord
Baron of Glenawly, eldest son, by the death of Arch*- Hamilton without issue, of His Grace Malcolme
Hamilton, Lord Archbishop of Cashell, which Malcome Hamilton was descended fit>m the family of
.... Hamilton, Earl of Arran in Scotland, and Duke of Chatol'droult, France, by which Hugh
Lord Baron of Glenawly the s*- Lady had issue the Right Honble. W™- Lord Baron of Glenawfy,
killed accidentally, unmar^ ; Arabella Hamilton, eldest daur., mar*- to Sir John MacGill, Kn** and Bar^;
and. Nichola Sophia Hamilton, mar*- to Sir Tristram Bcresford, Bar*- besides sev^ odier children that
died young. The !■*■ ment*- Lady Glenawly was 2"*5^- mar*- to Henry Mervin, Esq**' son and heir of
Sir Audley Mervin, Kn*- by whom she had no issue. The s*- 1"* ment*- Lady Glenawly departed this mortall
life at Dublin the ii**» Dec'- 1687, and was inter^ 14**^ of same month, in S*- Werburgh's Church.
The truth, &«•• is testified by Cha"- Balfour, Esq"- brother to the defunct, who hath return^ this certifi-
cate to be recorded in the office of Sir Richard Carney, Kji*-* Ulster King of Arms of all Ireland, this
22Feb'- 1687-8.
Mrs. EUPHALIA MERVIN, daughter of Audley Mervin of the Naal, Esq. ; she was interred
within 2 miles of the said Naal, the 15th of January 17 14, with escutcheons.
Susan,
Lady Glenawly,
wife of Henry
Mervyn,
1687.
Fun. Ent, Ulster's
Office, Vol. X.
p. 117.
Euphalia Mervyn,
1714.
Betham's Irish
Fun. Cert.
ColL Arm.
VoL xii., p. 412.
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APPENDIX V.
AUDLEY MeRVIN,
Betham's Irish
Fun. Cert.
CoU, Ann.
Vol. xii., p. 415.
James Mervyn,
1721.
Ms. Coll. Ann.
Irish Fun. Cert,
p. 420.
AUDLEY MERVIN, Esq., of the Naal, married Mrs. .... Coote, daughter of ... . Coote,
and was intenred in Christschurch vaults, with escutcheons, June the i8th 171 7.
♦ JAMES MERVYN, 3d son of Audley Mervin of the Naal, Esq., was inter'd in the ch. of Clon-
marden, Febniary nth 1721, with 'schns.
ailrlrresie; to t^e Hotn ^.teutenant from tt^t ixiaft J^ou0$ of (EEommon?.
Treasury Papers,
Nov. -Dec, vol. xxxv.
To His Excellency Henry Lord Capel Lord Deputy General and General Governor of Ireland.
The humble Address of the Knights Citizens and Burgesses
in Parliament assembled.
May it please your Excellency
We the Knights Citizens and Burgesses in Parliament assembled having unanimously voted
on the ninth day of September last to grant unto His Majesty a supply not exceeding one hundred
sixty-three thousand three hundred and twenty-five pounds and having by an Act passed in the present
session of Parliament entitled an Act for an additional duty of Excise on beer ale and other liquors, granted
unto His Majesty part of the said supply, and having presented unto your Excellency heads of a Bill for
raising a tax &c. iy way of a poll and otherwise, and also heads of a Bill for continuing the former Act
for an additional Excise for and until the 25*** day of December 1698 which falling short of the sum of
;f 163,32 c b^ us voted to be granted to His Majesty for completing the same we have agreed to heads of a
Bill for laying an additional duty on Tobacco and several other commodities, and having taken into our
serious consideration the debts due from His Majesty's Army to the Country and likewise a debt of ;^6,ooo
due to the children of Sir Audley Mervin Knight, formerly Speaker of the House of Conmious in this
Kingdom for his long and faithful service to the Protestant interest of this Kingdom, for which notwith-
standing application made by the then House of Commons on his behalf, neither he the said Sir Audley
Mervin in nis lifetime, nor his children nor any other person whatsoever at any time since have received
any manner of satisfaction, to the utter ruin of his family unless relieved therein ; which said additional
duty on Tobacco and other commodities, we have resolved to be granted to His Majesty from the day of
the Royal Assent given to the said Bill for and until the 25*** day of December 16^9 thereby to enable His
Majesty to pay some part of the debt due from the Army and likewise the said ;f 6,000.
And whereas V our Excellency has been pleased to signify to us your pleasure that the House should
find out some fund for answering the debts due to the country from the Army ; and we not being able at
present to find out any certain fund, we humbly beseech Your Excellency to entreat that His Majesty would
be graciously pleased that the sum of ;^30,ooo would be paid to such persons who have stated their accounts
due firom the Army in such proportion as each person's debts bear to the whole, and that the said payment
of ;f 30,000 be made by equal portions, the first payment on the i"* day of May next, and the second on the
i"^ of August following ; and also that the said sum of six thousand pounds be paid to the several persons
hereafter named, that is to say, three thousand pounds of the said six thousand pounds to "Audley Merviny
•* Esqr,, eldest son of Henry Mervin, Esqr., son and heyr ofSr, Audley Mervin^ and the other moyty be^
" three thousand pounds to be equally divided betitteene Hugh and George Mervin^ younger sons of the said
** Sr. Audley Men/yn" and tmit the same be paid in four years by fifteen hundred pounds a year, the said
yearly sum to be paid by equal payments half yearly, the first payment to be made on the 24*** of June next
in dischare^e of a debt which in conscience and justice we think ought to be paid. And we humbly beseech
your Excdlency that your Excellency will please to recommend after the most effectual manner the case of
the said Audley Hugh and George Mervin Esq'- to His Majesty's Princely Grace and favour.
And though we are very fully satisfied that the several sums by us granted to His Majesty will raise
the said sum of ^ 163,325, and likewise discharge the forementioned ;f3o,ooo yet we crave leave to give
your Excellency this assurance that if the same fall short of what we have voted and intend, we will in the
next Session of Parliament make good the same, by which time a very near estimate may be made of the
whole granted by us.
Ex'- pr- Tho. Tilson Cler. Pari. Dom. Com.
* In the l^al proceedings in connection with the will of Audley Mervyn (Appendix V., p. v.), the
date of the death of this James Mervyn Is stated as 1 726.
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2lf)sttractiS of WLUlsi.
SIR AUDLEY MERVYN, Knt. Revokes all former wills and deeds except the deed dated
3rd August last past [see note of^ bd(rw\ between Sir Audley Meryyn first part, Lord Visconnt Massareene,
Arthur Upton, and John Foster second part, Sir Hercules Langford and Henry Whitfield third part, bdng
Deed of Settlement of his estates ; directs that if any of his sons [whom he does not mention by name in
the will] opposed said deed the sum therein left to him shall be reduced by the amount his executrix shall
be compelled to expend as costs in upholding said deed. Appoints his wife Martha executrix. Will proved
27 January 1676.
AUDLEY MERVYN of the Naule. co. Meath. To his dearly beloved wife Olivia his plate,
household goods, his coach and six coach horses and their harnesses, and three saddle horses, and makes her
sole executrix and residuary legatee. All the rest of his goods to be sold, and the produce, as well as;^i, icx>
due him by Richard, late Earl of Bellamont, and ;f 1,000 due him by his (testator's) son Henr^ Mervyn, and
a debt of j^i,200 due him by Hugh Mervyn, and all arrears of rent, &c., to pay debts. Devises to his wife
and her heirs lands in the county of Tyrone, and also the town and lands of Naule, &c., in ca Meath. To
the intent his said wife may have ;f 100 a-year in addition to her jointure, and, by sede of so much as may be
required, to pay off any debts unpaid by the personal estate, and subject thereto, the lands to his son Audley
for life, &C., in strict settlement Remainder to his (testator's) son James. Remainder to his (testator's)
son Theophilus for like estate, then to his (testator*s) son Henry Mervyn for life; remainder to his daughters;
remainder to Mervyn Archdall and Henry Gary, testator's nephews, and their heirs. If his sons Henry and
Audley both die without issue male in life of testator's son James, whereby the estate settled on testator's
son Henry on his marriage shall come to Tames, then James shall not take the interest devised, but same to
go to TheophiluSb ^^2,500, which by settlement on marriage of Henry he had reserved power to charge, to
be applied to his sons James and Theophilus, and to his daughters Ellinor, Ann, and Jane,;^500 each.
The above Will gave rise to litijgation, which had reference specially to lands forming part of the
Manor of Arlestown, co. Tyrone, of which Sir Audley Mervyn was seized m fee, and formed with other
estates the subject of a settlement which he made in 1675. The estates descended to Audley Mervyn, the
testator, who was the only son of Henry Mervyn, Sir Audle/s eldest son. After the death of Audley
Mervyn (the grandson), his son Henry entered into possession, and in 1729 he sold a portion of the pro-
perty to the Rev. John Strong, in whose family it appears to have continued until the year 1756, when an
ejectment was brought by the sisters of Henry Mervyn and their representatives for the recover}^ of the lands
sold to Strong, on me ground that on the death of Henry Mervyn without issue the reversion in fee in the
estates, linuted under the terms of the Settlement of 171 1 to Audley Meryyn and his heirs, passed under the
general devise in his WilL They, in 1759, obtained a decision in their favour from the Court of King's
Bench in Ireland, firom which, however, Strong's representatives appealed by Writ of Error to the King's
Bench at Westminster, who in 1760 reversed the Irish judgment, and the reversal was upheld on an appod
to the House of Lords in the latter year thereby confirming the validity of the sale to Strong.
The printed Cases of the Appellants and Defendants will be found in a collection of Appeal Cases in
the House of Lords " 1757-61," p. 487, in the Library of the Incorporated Law Society, in London, under
the title of '* Teatt v. Strong." The statements and evidence in the proceedings disclose the following facts
and dates: —
1675, Aug. 2 and 3. Settlement by Sir Audley Mervyn, Knt., of (inter alia) the Manor of Arlestown,
CO. Tyrone, on his three sons, viz. Henry the eldest, Hugh the second, and George the third,
** for the better settling the said estate in his femily name and blood," and by which settlement
he made a provision for raising a portion for his daughter Christian [who married Robert
Cecil].
1676. Death of Sir Audley Mervyn, and succession of his eldest son Henry, by virtue of settlement
of 1675. That Henry Mervyn had issue one son, Audley.
16S4, Dec. 17 and 18. Indentures of lease and release [being a post-nuptial settiement] of this date
between said Henry Mervyn and Audley Mervyn hS son, ist part, certain trustees therein
named of 2nd and 3rd ^>u1s, in consideration of a marriage then lately had between said
Audley Mervyn and Olivia, the sister of Richard Coote, Baron Coloony, and for making a
provision for her and the daughters and younger sons of said marriage, and for settling the lands
and hereditaments thereinafter set forth in the name, blood, and family of the said Henry
Mervyn, the said Henry Mervyn and Audley Mervyn conveyed (inter alia) the said Manor of
Arlestown, to trustees to pay jointure to said Olivia for life, with remainder to said Audley
Mervyn for life; remainder to said Henry Mervyn for life ; remainder to Henry Mervyn the
first son of said Audley and Olivia in tsul male; remainder to second, third, and other sons
in tail male ; remainder to the heirs male of Hugh, the second son of said Sir Audley ; remainder
to Geoiee Mervyn, brother of said Hugh in tail male, with ultimate remainder to right heirs of
said Auuey Mervyn.
Will.
Sir Audley
Mervyn, Knt.,
18 Oct. 1675.
Abstract.
Will.
Audley Merv\'n,
15 June 1717.
Abstract
R^:i5tered 29 Jan.
1749-
Appeal Case,
House of Lords
1760,
'Teatt v. Strong."
Evidence.
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APPENDIX V.
Will.
Hugh Mervyn,
20 Sept. 1723.
Abstract.
Will.
Henry Merv\'n,
7 January 1747—8.
Abstract.
WUl.
Elizabeth
Mervyn,
17 April 1767.
Abstract.
Will.
Jane Mervyn,
12 March 1769.
Abstract.
Will.
Arthur Mervyn,
28 March 1776.
Abstract.
1699. Death of Henry Mervyn, and succession to the estates of his son Audley.
171 1, Dec. 21-22. Settlement by Audley Mervyn and his eldest son Henry, on the marriage of the
latter with Mary Titchbume, widow.
That Audley Mervyn, besides Henry Mervyn his eldest son, had issue Audley Mervyn the younger,
his second son; James Mervyn his third son; and ITieophilus Mervyn his fourth son; and four
daughters, viz. Lucy his eldest, who, in the lifetime of the said Audley the elder, intermarried
with Wentworth Harman; EUinor who married Christopher Irwin, then (1760) several years
since dead; Ann who married James Mervyn, otherwise Richardson, then (1760) also many
years dead ; and Jane Mervyn his fourth daughter.
1717, June 15. Will of Audley Mervyn of the NaiUe co. Meath. [Sgg Abstract adave,]
171 7, June 17. Death of Audley Mervyn, and succession of Henry his eldest son, by virtue of the
limitations of the settlement of 1711.
1720. Death of Olivia the widow of Audley Mervyn.
1725. Death of Jane Mervyn, one of the daughters of Audley Mervyn and Olivia Coote, without
issue.
1726. Death of James Mervyn the third son of Audley Mervyn and Olivia Coote, never having had
issue. [See ante Fun. Cert, Appendix v. p, mV.]
1727. Death of Mervyn Archdall, son of Elizabeth Mervyn (granddaughter of Sir Audley Mervyn.,
Knt.), and William Archdall, of Castle Archdall, co. Fermanagh.
1727. Death of Hugh Merv)m, second son of Sir Audley Mervyn, leaving Arthur Mervyn his eldest
son and heir.
1729, Sept. 29 and 30. Sale and Conveyance by Henry Mervyn of the estate to Revd. John Strong.
1735. I^eath of Mary [Titchbume], the wife of Henry Mervyn, without any issue by him. [See
Abstract Deedy post, p. zV, dated 1737-8.]
1736. Death, without issue and unmarried, of Theophilus Mervyn the fourth son of Audley Mervyn
and Olivia Coote.
1737. Death of Lucy the wife of Wentworth Harman, one of the daughters of Audley Mervyn and
Olivia Coote, leaving Wesley Harman her eldest son and heir.
1746. Death* without issue and unmarried, of Audley Mervyn the second son of Audley Mervyn and
OJivia Coote.
1747, Feb. I. Death of Henry Mervyn [who married Mary Titchbume] never having had any issue.
1756. Sept. Death of Henry Carey, the son of Martha Mervyn [granddaughter of Sir Audley
Mervyn] and Edward Carey, of Dungiven.
HUGH MERVYN of Baldwinstown, late of the Naule, second son of Sir Audley Mervyn, Knt.,
bemg about 79 years of age, and infirm in body, &c. To my wife Frances Mervyn alias TalboL To
my son Arthur. My daughter Martha, who is entitled by Deed of 10 Sept. 1723, to an annuity of £6^
per annum until she be paid her marriage portion of £1,000. My daughter Frances £yyOt and to have her
keep and maintenance until she is 18 years of age. Proved 1728.
HENRY MERVYN of Trelick, co. Tyrone. His lands to Harry Smith, counseller-at-law, and
Andrew Knox of Prehen, and Rev. Caleb Cartwright, D.D., to use of testator's brother-in-law James
Richardson of Castle Hill, co. Tyrone, for life, in strict settlement for his issue begotten on testator's
sister Ann ; in default of issue to Letitia Richardson, daughter of said James Richardson, in strict settlement;
in default to Mervyn Archdall, his kinsman, of Castle -/Grchdall, in strict settlement ; in default, remainder
to testator's nephew, Wesley Harman for life, in strict settlement ; in default, to testator's nephew William
Irwine, in strict settlement ; remainder to testator's right heirs. To Henry Irwine, second son of testator's
brother-in-law Christopher Irwine, £$00. Administration with will annexed granted 5 April 1765.
ELIZABETH,
Charles Hampson of
me by deed of separate
then at Mullingar. To
and James Sheridan,
marriage, I leave her n
the death without issue
wife of Arthur Mervyn, late of Baldwinstown, now of the Naule. My brother
Nonsuch; my sister Letitia Hampson. Lands purchased under powers given
maintenance and separation. Testatrix lived alter the separation first at Nonsuch,
my daughter Frances Mervyn, lands for her life. To Charles Hampson of Nonsuch,
My daughter Letitia, wife of . . . Hogan, having disobliged me by her impmdent
othing more than one shilling, with the reversion of the lands to her and her issue on
of her sister Frances. Proved 15 Sept. 1767.
JANE, wife of Arthur Mervyn of the Naule. Being entitled to certain lands, &c. [described in
will] expectant on the death of my brother John Cunningham, and my sister Mary Monsell, bequeath all
the same to my hiisband Arthur Mervyn, charged with ;£'500, for my good friend Joshua Davis; my father
Daniel Cunningham of the city of Dublin, Merchant; my first husband the Revd. Caleb Cartwright.
Proved 26 April 1 771.
ARTHUR MERVYN of the Naule, co. Meath. To be buried in the church of Garristown. His
properties in Dublin and Kilkenny for payment of debts, residue to testator's daughter Frances Mervyn, to
provide her an annuity of £iQO for life, and £Kp a year to Mrs. Barbara Mathew, wife of testator's relation
Mervyn Mathew, a/i ;f30a year for her son Mervyn Mathew, and £-^o a year to Mary Anne BamweU
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for life, mother of my natural son Arthur Mervyn ; and to suffer the said Arthur Mervyn, known by the
name of Arthur Russell, to take jfioo a year for life. Leaves to his (testator's) relation Olivia Irwin, £$o.
To his fHend Joshua Davis, Esq., of Stephen Street counsellor-at-kw, ;^50a To his friend William Knox
;f 2oa Leaves to his (testators) daughter Letitia one shilling and no more, and that neither she nor her
issue shall ever inherit any of his fortune, real or personal. Leaves the residue of his real and personal
estate to William Pollard (of Castle Follaid), his heirs and assigns in tail male ; in default to his (testator's)
natural son Arthur Mervyn and his heirs for ever. Proved 23 May 1776.
9;Stlg RELATING TO THE MERVYN FAMILY.
The following deeds, evidencing the foregoing pedigree, will be found registered
in the Deeds Office, King's Inns, Dublin : —
1677, Sept. 10. Recital (in deed of 22 and 23 June 171 1 after-mentioned) of mortgage by way of
demise 01 this date by Hugh, Henry and Geoige Mervyn, sons of Sir Audley Mervyn, Knt.,
deceased, of the Naule, alias Snowtown, and other lands.
1683, Oct 20. Recital (also in deed of 22 and 23 June 1711) of conveyance of this date by said
Henry and Hugh Mervyn of same lands, and Sir Audley Mervyn's part in lands in co. Dublin.
1710, Aug. 3 and 4. Conveyance by said Hugh Mervyn, described as of the Naule, co. Meath, to
Audley Mervyn of Trellick, co. Tyrone, of the Naule alias Snowtown, and other lands in the
county of Meath. The execution of this deed is witnessed by Henry Mervyn and Audley
Mervyn, sons of said Audley Mervyn.
171 1, Dec. 23. Recital (in a deed of 26 October 1736) of settlement between Audley Merv-yn and
Henry Mervyn of ist part, Mary Titchbume, widow, of 2nd part, and trustees of 3rd and 4th
parts, being the settlement made on the marriage of said Henry Mervyn and Mary Titchbume
then (1736) wife of the said Henry Mervyn.
1729, July 19. Conveyance by Audley Mervyn of the Naule, co. Meath, of lands in Meath and
Tyrone to secure an annuity to his brother Theophilus Mervyn, of Trellick.
1731, April 8. Mortgage of lands of Baldwinstown, «&c., by Arthur Mervyn of Baldv^instown, co.
Dublin, described as only son of Hugh Mervyn of the same place, deceased, and Frances
Mervyn, widow and relict of said Hugh Mervyn, and Thomas Bamfield Russell of Curragh,
CO. Dublm, and Martha Russell alias Mervyn, his wife.
1737.8, March 24. Conveyance from said Henry Mervyn, therein described as of Castle Mervyn, co.
Tyrone, to Chnstopher Irvine of Castle Irvine, co. Fermanagh, of lands in the county Tyrone,
subject to life estate of said Henry Mervyn, and the jointure of Mary Mervyn alias Titchbume,
his wife. [Sec Statenunt ante p. v. that she died in 1 735.]
1740, Feb. II. Settlement on the marriage of Arthur Mervyn of Baldwinstown, co. Dublin, and
Elizabeth Magawley.
N.B. This Elizabeth Magawley is party with her husband Arthur Mervyn to a deed of 14
May 1745-
1744, OcL 26. Renewal of pcri)ctual lease of the lands of the Naul to Arthur Mervyn of Baldwins-
town, for the lives of Audley Mervyn of the Naul, and Olivia, daughter of Christopher Irvine
of Casde Irvine, ^:c.
1747, June 10. Deed Ixftween Henry Mervyn of Trelick, and others, recites that Audley Mervyn of
the Naule, the brother of the said Henry, was party to a deed of 9 Oct 1744, and that he was
then (1747) dead.
1747, Aug. 19. Deed Poll or agreement by Henry Mervyn of the Naul, to make a lease of part of
the Naul for the lives of Wesley Harman and Lucy Harman, daughter of said Wesley.
1752, January 7. Deed between William Hamilton of Stmbone, co. Tyrone, James Mervyn alias
Richardson, and Anne Mervyn alias Edwards, his wife, surviving trustees of the last will and
testament of Hugh Edwanls of Castlegore, deceased, and Elizabeth Edwards, eldest daughter
of said Hugh E<1 wards, of the first part, and Redmond Kane of the City of Dublin, of the second
part, being a grant to saiil Redmond Kane of ;£"3f,i50, the incumbrance on the Naul and other
lands which descended to Wesley Harman, Ellinor Irvine, and Anne Mervyn, under the limita*
tions in the will of Audley Mervyn.
1752, May 7. Wesley Harman to Christopher Irvine and James Mervyn (i.e. James Richardson) of
undivided fourth part of the Naul and other lands.
1752. June I. Wesley Harman, Christopher Irvine and Ellinor Irvine his wife, James Mervyn alias
Richardson, and Anne Mervyn his wife, to Redmond Kane of the city of Dublin. Deed
relating to the same lands as the deed of 7 January 1752.
1752. August 14. Memorial of will of James Mervyn, formerly called James Richardson, of Castle
Hill, CO. Tyrone.
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inquisition ^Oist ^omm.
October 13 1687. By Inquisition of this datei taken at Kilmainham, co. Dublin, it was found that Andley
Ina ' Rot ' Cancell • M^^"^* Knt., died 24th Oct. 167c, seized of the town and lands of Baldwinstone, &c., co. Dublin, and
J/i^ta, Vol. L (16) *** ^^"^ ^^^"^ ^^ ^ ^^^ and heir.
Jdc: II.
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Adams, m. Mervyn, 42.
Admiral of the Narrow Seas, Menryn, 29.
Admiralty Commissioneis, Letter from Sir Henry
Mervyn, 35.
Aldworth, ^j> Richard, m. Mervyn, 29. Fun.
Cert., 29.
Alwington, Blake, Rector of, 69.
Andrews, Arms of, 96.
Anketell, m. Audley, 22.
Appeal Case, House of Lords, Teatt ». Strong.,
A PP. v., p. iv.
Archbold, Arms of, 47.
Archdall, m. Mervyn, 87.
„ m. Montgomery, 87.
„ M.P. for CO. Tyrone, 87.
,, Family of, 87.
Ardem Piers. See Hungerford.
Armorial Bearings: — >
Andrews, 96.
Archbold, 47.
Audley, 19, 29, 95.
Baskerville, 9, 94.
Bintworth, 96.
Blake, App. IV., p. iv.
Blundus, 27, 96.
Bouchier, App. IV., p. iv.
Bumaville, 96.
Burridge, 70, 98.
Catesby, 10, 94.
Chichester, 71, 98.
Clarke, 14, 95.
Clottworthy, 81, 99, App. V., p. ii.
Creke, 27, 96.
Cromwell, App. I., p. xv.
Cutcliffe, 73, 74, 99.
Dauntesey, 8.
Donne, App. I., p. xv.
Drake, 74, 99, App., IV., p. iL
' Drewe, 93, 94.
Dymoke, 98.
Erington, 95.
Fitzjames, 8*
Glanville, 27, 96.
Godwin, 93, 94.
Goodwin, App. IV., p. ii
Gough, 98.
Graas, 98.
Green, 9, 93.
Hacche, App. IV., p. il
Hall,9, 98.
Hamlyn, App. IV., p. il
Hammett, App. IV., p. iL
Armorial Bearings continued: —
HUl, II.
Home, 14.
Jephson, 28, 97.
Judde, App. I., p. xv.
Marshall, App. I., p. xv.
Maskelyne, 58.
Merfyn, 3, 93, App. I., p. xv.
Mervyn, 3, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 17, 19, 27, 28,
29, 41, 46, 50, 52, 65, 70, 71, 73, 74, 81,
91 — 99, App. I., pp. xil, xv., App. II.,
p. iv., App. III., pp. iv., v., App. IV.,
pp. ii, iii., iv,, App. V., p. iL
Moells, 98.
Molynes, 96.
Mompesson, 8, 12, 93, 94.
Mounpynzon, 8.
Newte, 65, 98, App. IV., p. iv.
Nooth, 52, 97.
Pakenham, 27, 96.
Peverell, 98.
Philipott, 99, App. II., p. iv.
Pilkington, 17, 95.
Prouz, 98.
Raleigh, 98.
Risdon, App. IV., p. ii.
Ryves, 46, 97.
Sheldon, 50, 97.
Squerie, 3, 93.
Stockay, 98.
Stratton, 96.
Toppe, 47.
Touchet, 95.
Trust, App. IV., p. iiL
Valonijs, 27, 96.
Vavasour, 52, 97.
Watkin, 94.
Watton or Wotton, 98.
Weyland, 96.
Windsor, 28, 96.
Yates, 52, 97.
Arms, College of. See Introductory Note.
Arundel, Sir Thomas, presented to the living of
Fountel (1547), 7.
Ashford, co. Devon, Par. Registers, App. IV. , p. vii.
„ Mon. Insc, App. IV., p. v.
Atherington, co. Devon, Mervyn, Rector o^ 65.
,, Mon. Insc., App. IV., p. vi.
Audley, Marriages with Mervyn, 19, 23, 29, 79.
„ Lords, particulars of, 19, 22, 79.
„ Sir Mervyn, 19, 79.
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Audley, Lady Lucy, Letters of, 20, 2 1 . —Facsimile
signature, 22.
,, Acquisition of Fountel by, 18.
„ Marriages of St'r James Mervyn's grand-
children with Bamham; Anketell;
Fitzmaurice ; Mountgarret ; Butler ;
Rodney ; Blount ; Stawell ; Griffin ;
Thynne ; Mer\'yn ; Davies ; Douglas,
22, 23, 34.
„ Arms of, 19, 29, 95.
„ m, Noel, 79.
„ m. Crosby, 79.
B.
Baker, m, Marshall, 68.
Balfour, m. Mervyn, 87.
,, ^«> William, 87.
Balliol ColL, Oxford, Mer\7n, Member of, 51, 64.
Barbor, Major, 73.
Barbor, m. Marshall, 69.
Bamham, m. Audley, 22.
Barnstaple, Mervyn, Deputy Recorder of, 70.
„ Marshall, Mayor of, 66 — 7.
„ Par. Registers, A PP. IV., pp. vii., viiL
Baron, m. Mervyn, 47.
Baskerville, m. Mervjn, 9.
,, m. Peverell, 9.
„ Arms of, 9, 94.
Basset, Patron of living of Heanton Punchardon,
62, 65, 66, 67.
Bath, »/. Maskelyne, 58.
Baynton, Sir Edward, m. Thynne, 23.
Beavis, m. White, 49.
Beckford, Acquisition of Fountel by, 18, 19.
Bed well, m. Walter, App. IIL, p. ii.
Bellas, Rector of Bramshot, 27.
Beltz, Lancaster //era/d, Ms, Collections of, 10, 18,
41,44,80.
Belvidere, Earl of, 89.
Betham, ( Ulster^) Pedigree of Mervyn, 29, 80.
„ Irish Funeral Certificates, 29, 80, App. II.,
p. iv. ; App. V., pp. ii. and iii.
Bettesworth, m, Mervyn, 27, 29.
„ Durford Abbey sold to, 25.
Billings, m, Mervyn, 64.
Bindley, w. Nooth, 53.
Bintworth, Arms of, 96.
Bishopstrowe Manor, co. Wilts, 22.
Blacker, m, Carey, 87.
Blake, w. Mervyn, 69.
„ Arms of, App. IV , p. iv.
Blenerhasset, tn, Mervyn, 37.
Blount, Sir James, 14.
Blount, m, Audley, 23, 34, 79.
Blundus, Arms o( 27, 96.
Bolingbroke, Earl o^ 58.
Bolton, Sir Richard, 81.
Bonde, m. Hill, ii.
Bonham. See Mompesson.
Booth, m. Rose, 57.
,, m, Maskelyne, 57.
„ m, Projer, 57.
„ /w. St John, 58.
Botreaux, Lady Margaret See Hungerford.
Bouchier, m, Mervyn, 66.
„ m, Marshall, 65.
„ f». Sydenham, 65.
Bouchier, Arms of, App. IV. , p. iv.
„ Dr. Thomas, 66.
Bourne, connection with Mervyn, 19, 20, 30.
„ Family of, 20, 21.
„ tn* Conway, 20.
,» 17/. Croft, 19.
Bow, CO. Devon, Marshall, Rector of, 67, 68.
Bowlesf m. Mervyn, 46.
Boyton, Mervvn, Rector of, 43.
Boyton and Sherrington, Lambert, Rector of, 48.
Bradford, m. Medlycott, App. IIL. p. ii.
Bradford, m, Mervyn, 48.
Bramshot, Mervyn, Parson of, 26.
„ Church an J Registers, 27.
„ Bellas, Rector of, 27.
Brand, nu Cutcliffe, 71.
„ m. Rowe, 71.
Brasenose Coll., Oxford, Monument to Mer\'yn-
Prower, 56.
„ Masterman, Fellow of, 59.
Braunton, London, Vicar of, 76.
„ Par. Registers, App. IV., p. viii.
Braybrooke, Lord, 53.
Breconshire, Story-Maskelyne, Deputy-Lieutenant
of, 58.
Breeton, m. Hill, 1 1.
Brether of Pertwood, w. Fletcher, 39, 41.
Brice, m, Mervyn, 49.
Bridges, w. Clarke, 14.
Bristol, Prower, Hon., Canon of, 55.
Bryan, m, Marshall, 68.
„ Rev. Mr., 72.
Brydges, m. Drake, 77.
Brygandyn, m. MerfjTi, App. L, p. xv.
Buckett, m. Walter, 51.
Buckingham, Duke of, and Sir Henry Mervyn,
31—33-
Buckland Brewer, Mervyn, Vicar of, 64.
Bughton, m. Mervyn, 8.
BuUock, m, Walter, App. III., p. iL
Burghley, Lord, High Treasurer, Correspondence
with Sir James Mervyn, 14, 15, 16.
Burgoyne, Lt.-Gen., Letter to Major Drake, 78.
Burke, Sir Bernard, Ulster^ 80.
Burleigh, connection with Mervyn, 27.
Burley, m, Mervyn, 9.
„ Reference to Pedigree of, 9.
Burlton, m, Mervjm, 47.
Bumaville, Arms of, 96.
Bumell, Dr. LawTence, and Chancellor Mervyn, 62.
Burnet, Secretary, Letter to Dean and Chapter of
Exeter, 62-
Burridge, w. Mervyn, 69.
„ Arms of, 70, 98.
Burrowes, m. Mervyn, 86.
>, m, Jones, 86.
„ .y/r' Walter, 86.
Bustarde, w. Home, 14.
„ Pedigree of, 14.
Butler, m, Audley, 22.
C.
Calne, Mervyn, M.P. for, 12.
Cambridge, Merfyn of, 3.
Campden, Viscount, 79.
Capel, Lord-Lieut, of Ireland, Address to, 85,
App. v., p. iii.
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Carew, Mordaunt and Ladmer, 9.
„ Lady Edith, will of (1517), 9.
Carey, m. Blacker, 87.
„ m, Drake, 77.
„ m. Hamilton, 87.
„ m. Mervyn, 87.
Carmaden, Richard, 14.
Carrack The, Capture of, in iCg2, 14, 15.
„ Sir James Mervyn's fetters as to, 14.
Carshalton, Par. Registers, 10.
Cartwright, m, Cimningham, 86.
„ m. Mervyn, 86.
Cary, m, Hamlyn, App. IV., p. ii.
Castlehaven. Sk Audley.
Catesby, m. Mervyn, 10.
„ m. Spencer, 10.
„ m. Gaynesford, 10.
„ Reference to Pedigree of, 10.
„ Arms of, 10, 94.
Cave, m. Mervyn, 2.
CeciC Earl of Salisbury, 86.
Cecil, m. Mervyn, 86.
Cecil, Sir Robert, 14.
Charles I., Mandate to Dean and Chapter of
Exeter, 61, 62, App. IV., p. sd.
Charles II., Letter to Merv}^!, 62.
„ Ne^^le, Chaplain in Ordinary to, 66.
Chester, m. Isherwood, 56, App. III., p. iii.
„ Family of, 56. App. III., p. iii.
Chichester, Arms of, 71, 98.
„ m, Mervyn, 71.
„ m. Incledon, 70.
„ ///. Landon, 76.
„ m, Rowe, 71. ^
m, Wright, 71.
„ Dorothy, Administration to ( 1 743), 71 .
„ Sir Arthur, Lord Deputy of Ireland,
79-
Chicklade, Par. Registers, 44, 45.
„ Mon. Insc., 45.
„ Faber, Rector of, 45.
Christ's CoU., Oxford, Mervyn, graduated at, 65.
„ Marshall, educated at, 68.
Church Lawford. See Mervyn of Warwickshire.
Clarencieuxj Betiolte, App. II., p. iv.
„ Bysshe, APP. II., p, iv.
„ Cooke, II, App. II., p. iv.
Clarke, m, Mervyn, 14.
„ Arms of, 14, 95.
„ m. Bridges, 14.
„ w. Hill, II.
„ m. Home, 14.
Clay, m. Marshall, 69.
Clerke, m. Mervyn, 2,
CUddesden-cum-Farleigh, Hants, Marshall, Rector
of. 68.
Clifibrd, m, Mervyn, 29.
„ Sir Alexander, will of, (1621), 29.
„ Family of, 29, App. IL, p. iv.
„ Thomas, Prebendary of Exeter Cathe-
dral, 61.
Clottworthy, Sir Hugh, 85.
„ Martha, m. Sir Audley Mervyn, 8$. —
Fun. Cert., App. V., p. ii.
,, Arms of, 81, 99.
Clovelly, Drake, Rector of, 76.
Coach, m. Mervyn, 37.
Coates, m. West, 51.
Cockerell, m. Mervyn, 41 — 2.
Codeford East or Codeford St. Mary, Creed,
Rector of, 48.
Coke, Sir John, Report on Sir Henry Mervyn's
case, 31. ■
Coker, connection with Mervyn, 48.
Cole, f«. Marshall, 67.
Coles, of Salisbury, m, Walter, 51.
„ m, Hutchings Medlycott, 51.
Coles, of Berkshire, m. Prower, 55.
„ m. Elton, 55.
„ Family of, 55.
College of Arms. See Introductory Note.
Coloony, Baron, 87—8. Fun. Cert of, App. V.,
p. ii.
Compton Basset, Manor of, 10, 12, 13, 17.
. ,, „ Reference to grant of, 12.
Conway, connection with Mervyn, 20, 30.
„ m. Bourne, 19.
„ m. Greville, 20.
„ Sir Edward, 30.
„ Sir John, 20. — Letter to, 22.
„ reference to Pedigree. 20. NoteX-
Cook, m, Mervyn, ii.
„ m. Marshall, 66.
Cooke, Clarencieux, il.
Coote, Olivia, m. Audley Mervyn, 87 — 8.
,, Richard, Baron Colooney, 87—8. — ^Fun.
Cert, App. V., p. ii.
Copleston, m. Gay, 70.
„ Bishop of Llandaff, 70. — Letter of, and
Facsimile signature, 73.
Corduroy, m, Mervyn, 12.
Cornwall, Drake, Deputy-Lieut of, 74.
Corpus College, Oxford, Masterman, Exhibitioner
of, 59.
Corry, m, Moutray, 87.
Cottington, Acquisition of Fountel by, 18 — 22.
Court influence on appointments of Chancellor
Mervyn to Crown livings, 61.
Courtenay, Sir Philip, m, Hungerford, 7.
Courthope, William, Somerset Herald, 40.
Cranbome Church, Par. Registers, 54, 57.
Mon. Insc, 54, 57.
Cray, m, Mervyn, 43.
Creed, Dr. William, Memoir of, 47, 48, m. Mervyn,
47.
Creke, Arms of, 27, 96.
Crocker, m, Langdon, 64.
Croft, Sir Herbert, m. Bourne, 19.
„ m. Browne, I9.
„ connection with Mervyn, 19.
„ Family of, 19.
„ m, Wamecombe, 19.
Cromer, .Sir William, of Kent, m. Squerie, 4.
Cromwell, Sir Richard, aPs Williams. See Merfyn
Pedigree, App. I., p. xv.
„ Family and Arms of. Ibid.
„ Oliver. Ibid,
Crosby, *SiV Piers, m. Countess of Castlehaven, 79.
Crown, The, disagreement with Dean and Chapter
of Exeter Cathedral as to grant of lease, 62.
Cunningham, m, Cartwright, 86.
Cusack, m. Drake, 76.
„ m, Nugent, 88.
„ m. Rothwell, 76.
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Cusack, m. Wesley, 88.
Customs, Sir James Mervyn, Collector of, 14.
Cutcliffe, Family and Arms of, 73, 74, 99.
„ Anne, Men. Insc., 74 ; App. IV., p. v.
„ Charles Henry Drake. Took surname
of " Cutcliflfe," 76 ; m. Landon, 76.
„ Charles Newell, m. Mervyn, 73. —
Memoir of, 73. Will of (1806), 73.
App. IV., p. X.
„ Emma, Mon. Insc., 74 ; App. IV., p. v.
„ Frances, m. Drake, 74, App. IV., p. ii
„ Harriet Elizabeth, 74. Will and codicil
of (1863—1865), 74. App. IV., p. xi.
Mon. Insc, 74. App. IV., p. v.
„ Lieut.-Col. J. M., C.B., Memoir of, 73,
74 ; m. Honble. Charlotte Talbot de
Malahide, 74. Will of (1822), 74.
App. IV., p. X.
„ m. Brand, 71.
m. Dene, 73.
„ m, Marshall, 69.
D.
Dallawa/s History of Sussex, 25, 27, App. II.,p.i.
Dannett, m, Jephson, 28.
„ m. Wotton, 28.
Darling, m, Mervyn, 51.
Dauntesey, m. Mervyn, 8.
„ Arms of, 8.
Davies, or Davys, Connection with Mtrryn, 23 —
34, 43, 44-
„ Family of, 23.
„ Lady Eleanor, 34.
„ Ar John, Attorney General for Ireland,
m, Audley, 23.
„ m. Earl of Huntington, 23.
Davys, m, Mervyn, 43, 44.
,, of Little Mitton, co. Worcester, m,
Maskelyne, 58.
Deeds relating to the Irish branch of the Mervyn
family, App. V., p. vi.
Deeds relating to Fountel property, 10, 18.
Delawar Lord, Newte, Chaplain to, 66
Dene, m, Cutcliflfe, 73.
Devonshire, connection of Mervyns with, 61.
„ branch of the Mervyn family, 61 to
78.
„ „ Tab. Pedigree, App. IV., p. i.
„ Estates in, purchased by Mervyn, 6l.
„ Cutcliflfe, Deputy-Lieut of, 73.
„ Drake, Deputy-Lieut, of, 74.
„ Marshall, J.P. of; 68.
„ Marshall, Deputy- Lieut, of ,67.
„ (North) Yeomanry Cavalry, Drake,
Major, 74 ; Captain, 76.
Digby, Sir Kenelm, and Sir Henry Mervyn, 34.
Dillon, Mary, m. Sir Audley Mervyn, 85.
Dirdoe, m, Mervyn, 48.
Docker, m. Marshall, 67.
Dod, m. Vavasour, 53.
Dominicke, m, Mervyn, 43. Note f,
Donne, Arms and Pedigree o£ See Merfyn Pedi-
gree, App. I., p. XV.
Dorset, Duchy lands, Sir James Mervyn, Steward
of; 14.
Dorset and Somerset, Mervyn, Sheriflf of, 41.
Douglas, Sir Archibald, 23, 34.
Dove. See Hungerford.
Downe Manor, co. Kent, 3.
Dowse, m. Fletcher, App. III., p. x.
Drake, Sir Francis, 14.
Drake, Tabular Pedigree, App. IV., p. ii.
„ Family and Arms of, 74 — 78,99. App. IV.,
p. ii.
„ Anne Frances, m. ist Bzydges, 2nd Good-
ban, 77.
„ Charles Cutcliflfe, m. Cusack, 76. Will
of (1854), 76, App. IV., p. x. Mon.
Insc., 76, App. IV., p. v.
„ Charles Henry, m. Landon, 76. Took by
royal license, siuname of ** Cutcliffe,**
„ Dorothy Mervyn, m. Landon, 77.
„ Eleanor Penrose (nee Pym), wife of Rev.
Zachary Hammett Drake, p. 76. Ad-
ministration to (1 861), p. 70.
„ Frances (n6e Cutcliflfe), wife of Zachary
Hammett Drake, Memoir of, 72, 74.
Genealogical notes of 63, 64. Will of
(1865), 75, App. IV.,p. xi. Mon. Insc.,
75, App. IV., p. V.
„ Frances Mervyn, m. Colonel Graham, 77.
Mon. Insc., 77, App. IV., p. v.
„ MajorJohnMerv3m Cutcliflfe, 47, Memoir
of; 77 ; m. Laura Augusta Carey, 77.
Letter from Sir John Burgoyne, 78.
„ John Rothwell, Mon. Insc , 77, App. IV.,
p. V.
„ Maiy (n^e Cusack), wife of Charles Cut-
cliflfe Drake, 76. Mon. Insc., App. IV.,
p. V.
„ Zachary Hammett, m. Frances Cutcliflfe,
74, App. IV., p. ii. Will of (1835) 75,
App. IV., p. X. Mon. Insc. 75, App. IV.,
p. V.
„ Rev. 2^chary Hammett, m. Pym, 76.
„ Connection with Hammett, Hamlyn and
Hacche families, 75, App. IV., p. ii,
„ «. Gadsden, App. IV., p. iL
„ iVr William, m, Goodwin, App. IV., p. ii.
„ m, Gregory, App. IV., p. ii.
„ m. Hammett, 74, App. IV., p. ii.
„ m. Hatch, App. IV., p. ii
„ m, Lincoln, App. IV., p. il
„ m. Noyes, App. IV., p. ii.
Draycott. iiflrFitz James.
Drewe, m. Mompesson, 8.
„ Arms of, 93. 94.
Duchy lands, Mervyn, Steward of, 14.
Dunche, widow of, m, Mervyn, 17.
„ William, Fun. Cert., 17.
„ Mon. Inscs., 17.
,, m. Pilkington, 17.
Dunnington-Jeflferson, m. Vavasour, 53.
Durford Abbey, grant to Mervjm of, 25.
Durford Abbey branch of the Mervyn family, 25 —
37.
„ „ Tabular pedigree, App. II.,
p. i.
Durham, Pilkington, Bishop of, danr. m. Mervyn, 1 7.
Dyer, m. Mervyn, 43.
„ m. White, 49.
D3rmmock, Sir Robert. See Merfyn pedigree,
App. I., p. XV.
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Dymoke, Arms of, 98.
Edwards, m. Mervyn, 43, 89.
„ m, Richardson, 89.
Elphin, Ireland, Evatt, Dean of, 29.
Elton, m. Coles, 55.
„ family of, 55.
£lrington, Arms of, 95.
Evatt, m. Mervyn, 29. Fun. Cert. App. II., p. iv.
Exeter Cathedral, Mervyn, canon of, 61. Prebend
of, 61. Chancellor of, 61 , 62.
Mon. Insc. 63. App. IV.,
p. iii.
„ Mandate of Charles I. to Dean
and Chapter, 61. App. IV.,
p. xi.
„ Dean and Chapter of, disagree-
ment with the Crown as to
^rant of lease, 62.
„ Clifford, Prebendary of, 61.
,, Helliar, Archdeacon, Canon of,
61.
„ Mon. Insc, App. IV., p. iii.
Exeter College, Oxford, Mervyn, member of, 62,
65, 66, 71.
„ „ Newte, Fellow and Tutor
of, 66.
„ „ Drake, member of, 76.
F.
Faber, Rev. J. C, Rector of Chicklade, 45.
Facsimile Signatures: —
Lucia Andley, 22.
E. Coplestone, Bishop of Llandaff, 73.
Sir Henry Mervyn, 35.
Sir James Mervyn, 16.
Famehill, Manor of, 5. App. I., p. iii.
Fitzgerald, m. Cutcliffe (nee Talbot de Malahide),
74.
Fitzjames, w. Mervj'n, 8.
„ Family and Arms of, 8.
Fitzmaurice, m. Audley, 22.
Fletcher, of Pertwood, 39, 41.
„ m. Mervyn, 41.
„ m, Brether, 41.
„ m. Dowse, App. III., p. x.
„ Joan, Will of (1505), App. III., p. x.
Floyd, m. Mervyn, 48.
Forester, m, Walter, 51.
Foss, Edward, Life of Judge Mervyn, 25.
Fountel-Giffard, Manor and Estate of, 4, 18.
„ Branch of the Mervyn Family, i
— 23. Tab. Ped., App. I., p. i.
„ Presentation to living of, 7.
„ Gyll William, Incumbent of, 13.
,, Church, destruction of, 19.
France, Invasion of (1628), 33.
Freak, m, Mervyn, 47.
Fremington and Westdown Volunteers, Cutcliffe,
Capt. Lieut, of, 73.
Froyle Manor, 28.
Funeral Certificates: —
Sir Audley Mervyn, App. V., p. ii.
Audley Mervyn, App. V., p. ih.
Capt. Edmond Mervyn, App. II., p. iv.
Elizabeth Mervyn, App. II., p. iv.
Funeral Certificates, contirmed:—
Euphalia Mervyn, App. V., p. ii.
Capt. James Mervyn, App. II., p. iv.
James Mervyn, App. V., p. iii.
.Sir John Mervyn, 12, App. I., p. xii.
Lucy Mervyn, App. V., p. ii.
Martha (Clottworthy), Lady Mervyn App. V.,
p. u.
Susan, Lady Glenawly, wife of Henry Mervyn,
App. v., p. ii.
Richard Coote, Baron Colooncy, App. V.,
Lii.
Evatt, App. II., p. iv.
G.
Gadsden, m. Drake, App. IV., p. ii.
Gargrave, m. Pilkii^on, 17.
Garter, Sir Albert W. Woods, App. I., p. xv.,
App. II., p. iv.
„ Sir Christopher Barker, App. I., p. xv.
Gay, James, m, Mervyn, 69.
„ w. Roberts, 70.
„ Rev. Nicholas, m, Mervyn, 70, 71. Will of
(1765), 70.
„ Family of, 70.
„ m, Coplestone, 70.
Gaynesford, m. Catesby, 10.
,, m, Spencer, 10.
Gifford. See Hungerford.
Gillingham, Par. Registers, 48.
Glanville, Arms of, 27, 96.
Glenawly, Hugh, Lord Hamilton, Baron of, 87.
„ Susanna, widow of, m. Mervyn, 87.
Gloucester, Duke oil See Himgerford.
Godwyn, see Mompesson.
,, Arms of, 93. 94.
Goldsborough, m, Mervyn, 11, 42.
Goodban, m, Drake, 77.
Goodwin, vi. Drake, App. IV. , p. iL
„ Arms of, App. IV., p. ii.
Gough, Arms of, 98.
Graas, Arms of, os.
Graham, Colonel, »i. Drake, 77.
Grant, m, Mervyn, 70.
Green, «r. of co-h. with Mervyn, 9.
„ Arms of, 9. 93.
„ nu Latimer, 9.
„ m. Page, 9.
Gregory, m. Drake, App. IV., p. ii.
„ m, Marshall, 65.
Greville, m. Conway, 20.
Griffin, Sir Thomas, m, Audley, 23.
„ Baron, 23.
„ Lady Elizabeth, 34.
Grimston, m. Walter, 51.
Grove, m, Mervyn, 43.
Gundery, nu Mervyn, 43. Note f .
Gyll, William, Incumbent of Fountel, 13.
H.
Hacche, w. Drake, App. IV., p. iL
,, Family and Arms of, App. IV., p. ii.
Hacche East, Manor of, 17.
Hall, tn, Mervyn, 9.
„ m, Thynne, 23.
„ Arms of, 9, 98.
Hamilton, m. Carey, 87.
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Hamlyn, Arms of, App. IV., p. ii
„ Sir James, 74, App. IV., p. ii.
„ m. Cary, App. IV., p. ii.
, , m* Hammett, App. IV. , p. ii.
„ m. Marshall, 6a.
„ m. Williams, App. IV. , p. ii.
Hammett, m, Drake, 74, App, IV., p. ii.
„ m, Hamlyn, App. IV., p. ii.
„ m, Risdon, App. IV., p. ii.
„ Arms of, App. IV., p. il
Hampnett, ca Gloucester, Wiggin, Rector of, 53.
Hampson, m. Magauly, 86.
Hansford, m. Mervyn, 48.
Hardenhewyssh, Manor of, App. I., p. UL
Harding, Rev. Richard, of Marwood, 71.
Harman, m, Mervyn, 88.
„ m, Milley, 88.
,, m, ^/r Lawrence Parsons, 88.
m. Wesley, 88.
Harrington, m, Pilkington, 17.
Hastings, Comitess of, Lady of the Manor of Sto-
kenham, 61.
Hawardine, m, Donne, App. I., p. xv.
Hawkinge, m. Marshall, 66,
Hayman, m. Mervyn, 65.
„ Rev. Gawen, Monument to, 65,
„ Mrs. Dorothy, reference to will of
(1741), 65.
Haytor, or Hayter, m. Mervyn, 47, 63.
Headington Quaiyy, Oxford, Masterman, Incum-
bent of, 59.
Heanton Punchardon, Par. Registers, App. IV.,
pp. VL, vii.
„ „ Mon. Insc., App. IV.,
pp. iii, iv.
, , „ Marshall, Rector of, 67.
„ ,, Mervyn, Rector of, 62, 63,
65, 66.
„ „ Newte, Rector of^ 66.
Helliar, Archdeacon, Canon of Exeter, 61.
Heraldry of the Mervyn Family, 91 — 99.
Herald's College. See Introductory Note.
Hereford, Croft, Bishop of, 19, 20.
Herts, Mervyn of, disputewith Abbot of St, Albans, i.
Heytesbury Hospitd. See Hungerford.
Hibberd , m. Mervyn, 45.
Hicks, Sir Baptist, 79.
Hill, m. Mervyn, 1 1, 18, I9.
„ Family and Arms of, ii.
„ m, Bonde, ii.
„ m. Breeton, ii.
,, m. Clarke, 1 1.
„ m, Martin, ll.
,, m. Symes, ii.
„ m. Towse, 11.
Hindon, Mervyn, M.P. for, 10, 17.
Hinton Martell, Par. registers, 57.
„ Storey, Rector of, 57.
Hoare, Sir R. C, Hist, of Wilts, 4, 39, 41, 44.
Hockley, Rigby, Vicar of, 57.
Hody, Sir John. See Latimer.
Hogan, m, Mervyn, 86.
Hone, m, Upton, 11.
Home, m, Clarke, 14.
„ m. Bustarde, 14.
„ widow of, m. Mervyn, 14.
„ Family and Arms of, 14.
Houblon, M. Maskelyne, 58.
Hudleston, m, Mervyn, 10.
Hungerfoxd, tn. Mervyn, 4 — 7,
„ dispute with Mervjm as to estate, 6.
„ Family, in connection with the
Fountel estates, 4 — 7.
„ Lady Margaret, reference to Will of
(1476), 6.
Hunt, m, Mervyn, 64.
Huntington, Earl of, m, Davies, 23.
Hussey, Rev. John, Vicar of Okehampton, 62.
Hutchings, m. Coles, 51.
I.
Ilfracombe, Mon. Insc., App. IV., p. v.
Incledon, m. Mervyn, 70.
,, m, Chichester, 70.
Inge. See Hungerford.
INQUISITIONES, POST MORTEM: —
Sir Audley Mervyn (1687). App. V., p. vii.
Edmund Mervyn (1604). App. II., p. ii.
Lady Elizabeth Mervyn (1582). App .1., p. iv.
Sir James Mervyn (1616). App. I., p. iv.
Sir John Mervyn (1570). App. L, p. iv.
John Mervyn (1601). App. III., p. ix.
Walter Mervyn (1512). App. I., p. iii.
Ireland, Davies, Attomey-Greneral for, 23.
Ireland, House of Commons, Sir Audley Mervyn,
Spesdcer of, 84.
„ „ Address of, to the
Lord Lieutenant,
85,App. V.,p. iii.
Irish branch of the Mervyn family, 79 — 90.
Tabular Pedigree, App. V., p. L
Irish Rebellion, 82, 83.
Irvine, m, Mervyn, 89.
,, m. Prittie, 89.
„ Family of, 89.
Isherwood, m, Chester, 56.
„ m, Prower, 56.
Jackson, Canon, Notes as to Fountel Estates, 4.
James, m. Nooth, 54.
Jefferson, m. Vavasour, 53.
Jephson, m, Mervyn, 28.
„ Family and Arms of, 28, 97.
„ tn, Dannett, 28.
,, m. Norris, 28.
„ Sir John, 28, 36.
{ohnston, m. Story, 57.
ones, Henry, Bishop of Meath, 86.
„ Elizabeth, m. Mervyn, 86.
„ m. Burrowes, 86.
Judde, Sir Andrew, Arms and pedigree of. See
Merfyn pedigree, App. I., p. xv.
Judge of tne King's Bench, Mervyn, 25.
Kent, Mirfyns of, 3.
Kent, Duke of, Marshall, Chaplain to, 68.
Kenton, Par. Registers, App. IV., p. viii.
Kestane, Manor of, 4.
Kiddle, m. Mervyn, 49.
Killigrew, William, 14.
King, m, Mervyn, 64.
„ m. White, 49.
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King's Bench, Meryyn, Judge of, 25.
Kingsmill, m, Pilkington, 17.
Kingstone Deverill, Par. Registers, 48, 49, App.
III., p. X.
Knapton, m. Mervyn, 47.
Knight Edmond, Norroy King of Arms ^ 47.
Knight, m. Mervyn, 2.
Knox, Sir John, 87.
„ Hannah, m. Mervyn, 87.
Knoyle, East, Manor o^ 62.
,, „ Par. Registers, App. III. pp, ix., X.
,, „ Presentation of silver Paten by
Augustine Mervyn, 43.
„ „ Mervyn, Rector of, 43.
., ,, Milford, Rector of, 43.
Knyvett, Sir Heniy, reference to funeral certificate,
17.
L.
Lambert, m. Mervyn, 48.
„ m. Coker, 48.
„ Rector of Boyton and Sherrington, 48,
„ Pedigrees, Reference to, 48.
„ m. White, 48.
Lancaster Herald^ G. F. Beltz, lo, 18, 41, 44, 80.
„ Nicholas Charles, App. I., p. xv.
Landon, m. Chichester, 76.
„ m. Drake, 77.
„ m. Drake-Cutcliffe, 76.
Lane, m. Mervyn, 2.
Langdon, m, Mervyn, 64.
„ m. Crocker, 64.
„ Family ofi 64.
Latimer, connecpon virith MervTn, 9.
„ Family of, 9. Note t.
Lee, Ilfracombe, Par. Registers, App. IV., p. viii.
„ „ Mon. Insc, App. IV., pi v.
Lee, Sir Daniel and Sir Henry Mervyn, 34.
Letters : —
Lucia Audley, 20, 21.
Elizabeth Bourne, 21.
Bishop of LlandaJOf, 73.
Mrs. Dorothy Mervyn, 72.
Sir Henry Mervin, 35.
.S/r James Mervyn, 15. 16.
Lincoln, m, Drake, App. IV., p. ii.
Lipyeatt, m, Prower, 55, App. III., p. iii.
„ Family oU 55-
Little Wittenham Church, co. Berks, Mon. Inscs.,
17.
Liverpool, Earl of, connection with Mervyn, App.
III., p. ii.
Llandaff, Coplestone, Bishop of, 76, 72, 73.
„ „ Letterandfacsimile signature, 73.
Llewellyn, m. Story-Maskelyne, 58, App. III., p. iii.
Loke, m. Merfyn, App. I., p. xv.
London, Visitation, 1664, 41, App. III., p. v.
„ Merfyn, Sheriff and Lord Mayor of, 3,
App. I., p. XV.
,, Masterman, M.P. for, 59.
,. Fitzjames, Bishop of, & NoU ||.
Lovell, m. Windsor, 28.
Lye »*. Mompesson, 12.
M.
Magauly, m, Mervyn, 86.
„ m. Hampson, 86.
Maguire, Rory, m, Mervyn, 37, Connection with
the Irish Rebellion, 83.
Mandate from Charles I. to Dean and Chapter of
Exeter Cathedral, copy of, App. IV., p. xi.
Mandeville. See Hungerford.
Manston, Par. Registers, 50, 51, 52.
Manston Estate, 50, 51, 52.
Manyngham, Sir Oliver. See Hungerford.
Mar Peerage Case, reference to» 40.
Marlborough, Lipyeatt, Mayor of, 55.
Marshall (of Beverley, Yorksh.), Arms of, App. I.,
p. XV.
,, „ ,, m, Meriyn, App.
I., p. XV.
Marshall, m, Mervyn, 64, 66.
„ m. Baker, 68.
,, m, Barbor, 69.
,, m. Bouchier, 64.
,, m. Bryan, 68.
„ m. Clay, 69.
,, m. Cook, 66,
„ m. Cole, 67.
,, m. Cutciiffe, 69.
„ m. Docker, 67.
„ m, Gregory, 65.
,, m. Hamlyn, 69.
„ m. Hawkinge, 66.
,, m, Marshall, 68.
„ m. Norris, 68.
,, m. Paul, 68.
„ m, Rowe, 69.
„ m, SydeiJiam, 65, 67.
,, family of, 66. Note ||.
„ Rev. John, 71.
Martin, m. Hill, 11.
Marvine, Sir Thomas, 2.
Marvyn, Thomas (will of), (1620), 2.
Marwood Estate, purchased by Mervyn, 61, 70.
,, now held by lineal descendants
of Mervyn, 70, 74, 77.
,, Par. Registers, App. IV., p. vii.
„ Church, Mon. Insc, App. IV., pp. iv. & v.
„ Harding, Rector of, 71.
Maskelyne, Arms of, 58.
„ family of, 57. Note %
„ reference to Pedigree of, 58.
„ m. Bath, 58.
„ m. Booth, 57.
„ tn, Davys, 58.
„ m, Houblon, ?8.
„ m, Norden, 58.
,, m, Richmond Webb, 58.
„ m. Rose, 57.
„ m, Shakstaff, jj8.
,, tn, Stevens, 58.
„ m. Storey, ^7.
„ See Story-Maskelyne.
Masterman, tn, Story-Maskelyne, 59.
Mauduit See Hungerford.
Mawson, Richard, Portcullis PursuivatUf 40, 46,47.
Maxstoke Park, Mervyn, Keeper of, 2.
Meath, Henry Jones, Bishop of, 77.
Medlycott, Sir William Coles, Bt., 51.
„ Mrs. Jane, Letter to Mrs. Dorothy
Mervyn, 51.
„ m, Tugwell, App. III., p. ii.
„ m, Bradford, App. III. p. ii.
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Merfyn, Arms of, 3, 93, App. L, p. xv.
Pedigree of, App. I., p. xv.
of Cambridge, 3.
of Kent, 3.
Agnes, m, Mighel Loke, App. I., p. xv.
Cicely, will (1502), App. I., p. vi.
Edward, will (1527), App. I., p. viii., iw.
Alice Brygandyn, App. I., p. xv.
George, 3.
John, will of (1471), App. I., p. v.
Mary, m. Sir Andrew Judde, App. I.,
p. XV.
„ Sir Thomas, 3, App. I., p. xv., will
(1523), App. I., p. vi., m, Alice Mar-
shall, App. I., p. XV.
MERVYN. See also Merfyn.
„ Fountel-Giffard Branch, i — 23.
„ Durford Abbey Branch, 25 — 37.
„ Pertwood Branch, 39 — 60.
„ Devonshire Branch, 61 — 78.
„ Irish Branch, 79 — 90.
„ of Wiltshire, I.
„ of Warwickshire, 2.
„ property in Wiltshire, now belonging
to Drake, 47, 62, 63.
„ connection with Devonshire, 61.
„ name now extinct in Davonshire,
61.
„ property in Devonshire, now held by
lineal descendants of Richard Mer-
vyn, Z>.Z>., 61, 77.
„ Heraldry, Chapter on the, 91 —
„ Tabular Pedigrees —
Sketch Pedigree show-
ing the connection be-
tween the several
branches of the Mer-
vjm family,!.
„ „ Devonshire Branch, App.
IV., p. i.
„ „ Durford Abbey Branch,
App. IIm p. i.
„ „ Fountel-Giffard Branch,
App. I., pp. I & 2.
„ „ Irish Branch, App. V.
p. i.
„ „ Pertwood Branch, App.
III., pp. i., ii., iii.
,, ,, Issue of John Mervjrn
and Anne Toppe, App.
III., p. vi.
„ ,, Showing connection with
Drake Family, App.
IV. p. ii.
,, „ Warwickshire Family,
p. 2.
„ Arms of, 3, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 17, 19,
27, 28, 29, 41, 46, 50, 52, 65, 70,
7i» 73, 74, 81 ; App. I., pp. xii.,xv. ;
App. II., p. iv. ; App. III., pp.
iv., V. ; App. IV., pp. ii., iii., iv. ;
App. v., p. ii.
Wills, j^<f"W."
„ Funeral Certificates. See ** F.
„ Inquisitiones post mortem. See
41 J^"
MERVYN, Agnes (of Warwicksh.), m. John
Knight, 2.
„ Agnes (d. of Sir Edmund M. and
Eleanor Welles), 26.
Alianora, m. Ambrose Dauntesey, 8.
Ambrose (s. of Sir John M.), m.
Susan Upton, 10.
Ambrose, (s. of John M. and Melior
Goldsborough), m. Elizabeth Wil-
loughby, 44. Moa. Insc., p. 45.
Ambrose (s. of Thomas M. and Mary
....), 45.
Amy (nee Clarke,) wife of Sir James
Mervyn, 14.
Andrew (s. of Philip Mervyn, of Pert-
woodK m 42.
Ann (nee Hudleston, ) wife of Edmund
M., s. of Edmond M. and Jane
Catesby, 10.
Ann, (d. of Augustine M. and Pri-
scilla Sambome), 44.
Ann (widow of ... . White), wife
of Thomas Mervyn, 47.
Ann (d. of Edward M. and Frances
Sheldon), w. Rev. JohnTripsack, 50.
Anna (neejephson), wifeof Eximund
Mervyn, 28; will (1625), 28, App.
II., p. iii.
Anne (d. of Sir John M.), m, Edward
Corduroy, 12.
Anne (d. of Edmund M. and Anna
Jephson), 29.
Anne (d. of Edmund M.), m, Mat-
thew Davys, pp. 23, 43, and 44.
Anne (d. of Rev. William M., Rector
of Boyton), m, Alexander Cray, 43.
Anne (nee Toppe), wife of John
Mervyn, 47.
Anne (d. of John M. and Anne
Toppe), m Floyd, 48.
Anne (d. of Audley M. and Olivia
Coote), »/. I stly Hugh Edwards, and
2ndly James Richardson, 89.
Arthur (s. of Hugh M. and grandson
of Sir Audley NiT), w. istly Elizabeth
Magauly (nee Hampson), 86, m.
2ndly Jane Cartwright, nee Cunning-
ham, 86, will (1776), 86, App. V.,
p. V.
Arthur (alias Russell), ill^timate s.
of Arthur M., 86.
Sir Audley, 37 ; memoir of, 81 ; ex
hibited portrait of, 81 ; m, I stly,
Mary Dillon, 8^ ; m. 2ndly, Martha
Clottworthy, 05; address of Irish
House of Commons to Lord Lieu-
tenant as to Sir Audle/s children,
85 ; App. v., p. iii. ; speech to the
Irish House of Peers, 81 ; elected
Speaker of the Irish House of
Commons (1661), 84; will of
(1675), App. v., p. iv. ; Fun. Cert.
off App. v., p. ii. ; Inq., p.m., App.
v., p. viL ; Arms of, 81, App. V.,
p. ii.
Audley (s. of George M. and Eliia-
beth Burrowes), 06.
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MERVYN, Audley (s. of Henry M. and Hannah
Knox), m. Olivia Coote, 87, 88;
will (1717), 88, App. v., p. iv. ;
Fun. Cert. App. V., p. iii.
Audley (s. of Audley M. and Olivia
Coote), ^,
Augustine (s. of John M. and Melior
Goldsborough), m» Priscilla Sam-
bome, 43 ; will of, (i634),43, App.
III., p. vii. ; gift to East Knoyle
Church, 43.
Augustine (s. of Augustine M. and
Priscilla Sambome), 43, 44.
Augustine (2nd son of Augustine M.
and Priscilla Sambome), 43, 44.
Avis (neeCockerell), wife of John M.
of Pert wood, 41, 42.
Bernard (s. of Richard M., D.D.,
and Ursula Trust), 64. Will (1675),
64, App. IV., p. ix.
Betty (d. of John M. and Eleanor
Lambert), m. James Brice, 49.
Biddy (d. of John M. and Bridgett
Darling), w. Henry Nooth, 52.
Tabular pedigree, App. III., pp. ii.,
vi
Blanche (d. of Edmund M. and Anna
Jephson), m. John Evatt, 29.
Bridgett (nee Darling), wife of John
Mervjrn, s. of Edward M. and
Frances Sheldon, 51.
Catherine (d. of Edmund M. and Anna
Jephson), 29.
Christian, (nee Audley,) wife of Sir
Henry Mervyn, 23, 29.
Christian (d. of Revd. William M.
and Christiana Ne\vte), 69 ; Mon.
Insc. App. IV., p. iv.
Christian (d. of Richard M. and
Margaret Burridge), ///. Chichester
Incledon, 70.
Christian (d. of Sir Audley Mervyn),
m. Robert Cecil, 86.
Christiana (nee Newte), wife of Revd.
William Mervyn, M.A., 66. Mon.
Insc. App. IV., p. iv.
Christopher (s. of Ambrose M. and
Elizabeth Willoughby), 46.
Christopher (s. of John M. and Melior
Goldsborough), 42.
Christopher (s. of Augustine M. and
Priscilla Sambome), 44.
Cicely (d. of Revd. William M., Rector
of Boy ton), m. Edward Olden, 43.
Clifford (s. of Edmund M. and Mary
Clifford), 29.
Constance (d. of Revd. William M.,
Rector of Boyton), m. George
Dyer, 43.
Deborah (d. of Sir Henry M. and
Christian Touchet), m. 1st Sir
Leonard Blenerhasset, and 2ndly
Rory Maguire, 37.
Deborah (d. of Henry M. and Hannah
Knox), m, James Moutray, 87. •
Deborah, (nee Pilkington), wife of
5/> James M., 17.
MERVYN, Dorothy, (nee Squerie), wife of
Richard M. of Fountel, 3.
„ Dorothy (d. of Edmund M. and Anna
Jephson), 29.
„ Dorothy (d. of Thomas Mervyn), 44.
„ Dorothy (d. of Augustine M. and
Priscilla Sambome), w. Francis
Toope, 44.
„ Dorothy (nee Willoughby), wife of
George M. (s. of Matthew M. and
Katherine Pike), 46.
,, Dorothy, of Ashibrd, Devon, 51, 61,
71. Memoir of, 71, 72, Account
of her mother's dream, 71. Genea-
logical Notes of, 72. Correspon-
dence with the Bishop of Llandaff,
72, 73. Correspondence with Mrs.
Jane Medlycott, 51.
„ Dorothy (nee Hayman), wife of Revd.
William M., 65.
„ Dorothy (nee Chichester), wife of
John M., of Marwood, 65 ; re-m,
Revd. John Wright, of Kenton, 65.
Account of her dream, 65, 66.
Edith (d. of Sir John M.), ii.
„ Edith (nee Windsor ^\ wife of Henrj'
M., s. of ^/> Edmund, 28.
„ Edmond, Captain, of Dublin (s. of
Edmund M. and Anna Jephson), m.
Mary Clifford, 29^ Fun. Cert.,
App. II. p. iv.
„ Edmond (01 Fountel-Giffard), 44.
„ Edmond (s. of Edmund M. and Anna
Jephson), 29.
„ Edmund (s. of Sir John M. and Jane
Baskerville), m. Jane Catesby, lO.
„ Edmund (s. of Edmund M. and Jane
Catesby), tn» Ann Hudleston, 10.
„ Sir Edmund (of Durford), 8, 25, 26 ;
m. Eleanor Welles, 26 ; w. Elizabeth
Pakenham, 27. Will (1550), p. 27,
App. II., p. ii.
„ Edmund (s. of Sir Edmund M. and
Eleanor Welles), " Parson of
Bramshot," 26.
„ Edmund (s. of Henry M. and Edith
Windsor), w, Anna Jephson, 28.
Inq. p.m. 28, App. II., p. ii. Will
(1604), App. II., p. ii.
„ Edmund or Edward (steward of the
manor of Stokenham), 61.
„ Ed^v^rd (s. of Sir Edmimd M. and
Eleanor Welles), M.P. for Peters-
field, 26.
„ Edward (s. of John M. and Anne
Toppe), m. Frances Sheldon, 47, 50.
,, Edward (s. of Edward M. and Frances
Sheldon), 50.
,, Edward, The Rev. (s. of John M. and
Bridgett Dariing), 51.
„ Edward or Edmund, Steward of the
Manor of Stokenham, 57.
„ Eleanor (d. of Sir John M.), m.
Robert Hill, ii.
,, ' Eleanor (nee Welles), wife of Sir
Edmund M. of Durford, 26.
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Eleanor Welles), /«. Richard Rous,
26.
,, Eleanor (nee Newman), wife of
William M. (s.-of Philip M. of Pert-
wood), 42.
„ Eleanor (nee Lambert), wife of John
M. 48.
„ Eleanor (d. of George M. and Eliza-
beth Burrowes), 86.
„ Eleanor (d. of Audley M. and Olivia
Coote), m. Christopher Irvine, 89.
„ Elizabeth (of Warwickshire), m.
Richard Cave, 2.
,, Elizabeth (nee Gierke), wife of Law-
rence M., of Warwickshire, 2
,, Elizabeth (n^e Green), wife of John
M. (son of Walter M. and Mary
Mompesson), o.
„ Elizabeth (d. of John M. and Eliza-
beth Green), m Thomas Hall, 9.
„ Elizabeth (d. of Sir John Mervyn), m.
John Ryves, ii.
„ Elizabeth (nee Mompesson), wife of
Sir John M., 8, 12. Inq. p. m.
App. I., p. iv. Will of, p. 13.
Monument of, 13.
, , Elizabeth (d. ol Sir Edmund M. and
Eleanor Welles), 26.
,, EUzabeth (d. of Edmund M. and
Anna Jephson), m. Peter Bettes-
worth, 29.
„ Elizabeth (nee Pakenham), wife of
Sir Edmund M. of Durford, 27.
„ Elizabeth (nee Philipott), wife of
Capt. James M., 36. Fun. Cert.
App. II. p. iv.
„ Elizabeth (d. of Sir Henry M. and
Christian Touchet), 37.
,, Elizabeth (d. of William M., of Pert-
wood, and Margaret Fletcher), 41.
„ Elizabeth (d, of William and Anne
Mervyn), 42.
„ Elizabeth (nee Willoughby), wife of
Ambrose, s. of John M. and Melior
Goldsborough, 44. Mon. Insc, 45.
„ Elizabeth (d. of Nicholas M. and
Magdalen . . . .) w. Wilks Hib-
berd, 45.
„ Elizabeth (nee Ryves), wife of George
M., of Knoyle, 11, 46.
„ Elizabeth (d. of Matthew M. and
Katherine Pike), m, William Burl-
ton, 47.
„ Elizabeth (d. of George M. and Eliza-
beth Ryves), »f. Nathaniel Freak, 47.
„ Elizabeth (d. of John M. and Anne
Toppe), 48.
„ Elizabeth (d. of Edward M. and Frances
Sheldon), m. Paget Walter, 50, 51.
Tabular Pedigree, Apf. III., p. ii.
„ Elizabeth (nee Hayter), wife of George
Mervyn (s. of Richard M., D.D,,
and Ursula Trust), 63.
„ Elizabeth (d. of Rev. William M. and
Christiana Newte), m, James Gay,
69.
MERVYN, Elizabeth (d. of Richard M. and Mar-
garet Burridge), m Grant, 70.
„ Elizabeth (nee Hampson and widow
of . . . . Magauly), wife of Arthur
Mervyn, 86. Will (1767), 86
App. v., p. V.
„ Elizabeth (nee Burrowes, and widow
of William Jones) wife of George
M. (s. of Sir Audley M.), 86 '
„ Elizabeth (d. of Henry M. and Hannah
Knox), m. William Archdall, 87.
„ Euphalia (d. of Audley M. and Olivia
Coote), 89. Fun- Cert. App. V.,
p. ii.
„ Frances (d. of Edmond M. and Mary
Clifford), 29.
„ Frances (d. of Sir Henry M. and
Christian Touchet), m
Coach, 37.
„ Frances (nee Simonds), wife of John
M. (s. of Ambrose M. and Eliza-
beth Willoughby), 45, 46.
,, Frances (nee Sheldon), wife of
Edward M., 50; ni, IndXy John
Nicholas, 50.
., Frances (d. of Edward M. and Frances
Sheldon), 50. Will of (17 16), 50,
App. III., p. viii.
„ Frances (d. of John M. and Bridgett
Darling), tn. Robert Prower, 54.
Mon. Insc, 54. Tabular Pedigree,
App. III., p. iii.
„ Frances (nee Talbot), wife of Hugh
Mervyn, 86.
„ Frances (d. of Hugh M. and Frances
Talbot), 86.
„ Frances (d. of Arthur M. and Elizabeth
Magauly), 86.
„ Francis (s. of Sir Edmund M. and
Eleanor Welles), 26.
„ Francis (s. of Edmund M. and Anna
Jephson), 29.
„ Francis, of Eltham, Kent (s. of John
M. and Frances Simonds), 46.
Will of (1702), 46, App. III., p. viii-
„ Frisette, m, John Adams, 42.
„ Geffery (s. of Sir Edmond M. and
Elizabeth Pakenham), 27.
,, George (s. of John M. and Elizabeth
Green), 9.
,, George (s. of John M. and Melior
Goldsborough), m, Elizabeth
Ryves, 1 1, 46
„ George, of Salisbury (s. of William
M., Rector of Boyton), 43. Note^.
„ George (s. of Matthew M. and Kathe-
rine Pike), w*. Dorothy Willoughby,
46.
„ George (s. of George M. and Dorothy
Willoughby), 47.
,, George (s. of John M. and Anne
Toppe), 47.
„ George, of East Knoyle (s. of Richard
M., D,D., and Ursula Trust), «.
Elizabeth Hayter, 63. Will (1675),
63, App. IV., p. X. Marriage Set-
tlement, 63.
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MERVYN, George (s. of Sir Audley M. and
Martha Clottworthy), m. Elizabeth
(nee Burrowes, and widow of Wil-
liam Jones), 86.
,, Hannah (nee Knox), wife of Henry
M. (s. of Sir Audley M.), 87.
,, Henrietta (d. of George M. and
Dorothy Willoughby) m. Anthony
Warton, 47.
,, Sir Henry, Admiral of the Narrow
Seas, 29 ; m. Christian Audley, 23,
29. Letter to Admiralty Commis-
sioners, 35. Seal, 29. Facsimile
signature, '^5. Sale of Fountel, 18.
Will of (id^6), 36, App. II., p. iii.
Elegy in his memory, 81.
,, Henry (s. of Sir Edmund), m, 1st
Edith Windsor, 28; and 2ndly Jane
.... Will (1609), App. IL, p. ui.
,, Henry (s. of Rev. William M.,
Rector of Boyton) 43.
,, Henry (s. of Thomas M. and Mary
. . . .), m, Mary Suter, 48.
,, Henry (s. of Audley M. and Olivia
Coote); m. Mary Tichbome, 88.
Will (1747), 88, App, V., p. v.
„ Henry (s. of Sir Audley M.), m,
istly Hannah Knox, 85, 87 ; and
2ndly Susanna Balfour, widow of
Hugh, Lord Hamilton, Baron of
Glenawly, 87. Will of, 87.
„ Honor (d. of John M. and Anne
Toppe), »!.... Hansford, 48.
,, Hugh (of Warwickshire), 2.
,, Hugh and Walter (sons of John M.,
of Fountel), 7, 8.
,, Hugh (s. of Sir Audley Mervyn and
Martha Clottworthy), 85, W.Frances
Talbot, 86. Will (1723), 86. App.
v., p. V.
„ Sir James, 13, 14 — 19, m. Amy
Clarke, 14; w. Debora Pilkington,
1 7. Abstract of deed as to Ashell's
wood, &c., in Tisbury, 10. Letters
from, 15, 16. Facsimile signature,
16. Will(i6io), 19, App. I.,p. ix.
Inq. p.m. App. I., p. iv. Marriages
of his grandchildren withBamham,
Anketell, Fitzmaurice, Mountgar-
ret, Butler, Rodney, Blount, Sta-
well, Griffin, Thynne, Davies,
Douglas, 22, 23.
,, Captain James (s. of Sir Henry M.
and Christian Touchet), m. Eliza-
beth Philipot, 36. Fun. Cert.,
App. IL, p. iv. Grant to him of
lands in Ireland, 81.
,, James (s. of Edmund M. and Ann
Hudleston), 10.
„ James (s. of John M. and Frances
Simonds), 46.
„ James (s. of Thomas M. and Mary
....), 49.
,, James (alias Richardson), m. Anne
(d. of Audley Mervyn and Olivia
Coote), and widow of Hugh Ed-
wards, 89.
MERVYN, James (s. of Audley M. and Olivia
Coote), 88. Fun. Cert., App. V.,
p. iii.
„ Jane (of Warwicksh.), m. William
Lane, 2.
„ Jane (d. of Walter M.), m, Edward
Burlev, 9.
, , Jane (nee Baskerville), wife of Sir John
Mervyn, 9.
,, ' Jane (nee (^atesby), wife of Edmund
M., s. of Sir John M. and Jane
Baskerville, 10.
,, Jane, wife of Henry M., of Durford,
28.
„ Jane (d. of Nicholas M. and Magdalen
), 45-
,, Jane (d. of John M. and Eleanot
Lambert), 49.
,, Jane (nee Prust), wife of John M., of
Devonshire, 63.
,, Jane (d. of John M. and Jane Prust),
m Jeremiah Langdon, 64.
„ Jane (nee Cunningham), wife of Arthur
Mervyn, 86. Will (1769), 86, App.
v., p. v.
,, Jane (d. of Audley M. and Olivia
Coote), 89.
,, Jenny (d. of John M. and Eleanor
Lambert), m, John Parratt, 49.
,, Joan (nee Hungerford), wife of John
M., 4.
„ Joan, wife of Walter M. , of Fountel, 8.
,, Joane (wife of Revd. William M.,
Rector of Boyton), 43. Note\.
„ Johan, wife of John M., of Warwick-
shire, 2.
„ Johan, (d. of Hugh M. of Warwick-
shire), 2.
,, Sir John, m. Jane Baskerville, 9 ; m.
Eliz. Mompesson, 8, 12. Presenta-
tion to Fountel, 7. Dispute as to
will, 13. Will, (1566,) 12, App. L,
p. ix. Fun. Cert., App. I., p. xii.
Arms of, App. I., p. xii. Inq.p.m.,
App. I., p. iv. Supervisor of will
of Sir Edmund, 27.
„ John (of Warwickshire), Will (1492),
2, App. I., p. V.
,, John (of Fountel), m. Joan Hunger-
ford, 4 ; m. with Hungerford con-
sidered, 7. Dispute as to Fountel
with Manyngham, 6, 7.
„ John (s. of Walter M. and Mary
Mompesson), m, Elizabeth Green,
„ John (s. of Edmund M. and Jane
Catesby), 10.
„ John (s. of Arjohn Mervyn), 10.
„ John, of Pertwood, m. Avis Cock-
erell, 41, 42. Presentation to Pert-
wood, 30.
„ John (s. of John M. and Avis Cock-
erell), m. Melior Goldsborough, 42.
Inq. p.m., App. III., p. uc Will
of (1599), App. III., p. vii.
„ John (s. of John M. and Melior
Goldsborough), 42.
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MERVYN, John (s. of Nicholas M. and Mag-
dalen ....), 44. Mon. Insc, 45.
„ John, of London (s. of Ambrose M.
and Elizabeth Willoughby), m.
Frances Simonds, 45, 46. Will
(1686), App. III., p. vii.
,, John (s. of George M. and Dorothy
Willoughby), 47.
„ John (s. of George M. and Elizabeth
Ryves), m, Anne Toppe, 47, Tab.
Ped. App., III., p. vi
,, John (s. of John M. and Anne Toppe),
w. Rebecca Dirdoe, 48. Adminis-
tration to (1692), 48.
,, John (s. of Thomas M. and Mary
,...), w. Eleanor Lambert, 48.
„ John, of Kingstone Deverill (s. of
John M. and Eleanor Lambert), 48.
Notice of death, 48.
„ John (3rd s. of Edward M. and
Francts Sheldon), 50.
„ John (4th s. of Edward M. and Frances
Sheldon), m. Bridgett Darling, 51.
John (s. of Richard M., D.D., and
Ursula Trust), m. Jane Prust, 63.
,, John (s. of John M. and Jane Prust),
64.
,, John (s. of Richard M. and Margaret
Burridgc), w. Dorothy Chichester,
70, 71. Mon. Insc. 71, App. IV.,
p. iv. Will of (1750), 71, App. IV.,
p. X.
„ Jonas, The Jlevd. (s. of Richard M.,
D.D., and Ursula Trust), m,
Mai^aret Billings, 64.
,, Katherine (d. of Sir Henry M. and
Christian Touchet), m
Messar, 37.
,, Katherine (d. of Andrew M., of
Pertwood), p. 42.
,, Katherine (d. of Augustine M. and
Priscilla Sambome), 44.
,, Katherine (nee Pike), wife of Mat-
thew M. (s. of Geo. M. and Elizabeth
Ryves), 46.
„ Laetitia (nee Bouchier), wife of Rev.
William M., 66. Mon. Insc, App.
IV., p. iv.
„ Laetitia (d, of Rev. William M. and
Lxtitia Bouchier), m. Rev. John
Marshall, 66.
,, Laetitia (d. of James Richardson alias
Mer\7ii and Anne Mer\'yn alias
Edwards), m, Richard Rochfort,
who took surname of Mervyn, 89.
„ Lambert (s. of John M. and Eleanor
Lambert), 48.
„ Lawrence, (of Warwickshire), m.
Elizabeth Gierke, 2.
„ Letitia (d. of Arthur M. and Eliza-
beth Magauly),w Hogan,86.
„ Lucy, (d. of Sir James Mervyn )» m.
Geo. Lord Audley, 19. Letters of,
20, 21. Facsimile Signature, 22.
„ Lucy (d. of Ar Henry M. and Christian
Touchet), 37.
MERVYN, Lucy (sister of Rev. William M., of
East Knoyle), m. Robert Domi-
nicke, 43.
„ Lucy (d. of SO' Audley M. and Mary
Dillon), 8s. Fun. Cert., App. V.,
p. ii.
,, Lucy (d. of Audley M. and Olivia
Coote), m. WentworthHarman, 88.
,, Magdalen, (wife of Nicholas M.),
p. 44. Will (1687) p. 44, App.
HI., p. viii.
,, Margaret (wife of John M., of War-
wickshire), Will (1494), 2, App. I.,
p. V.
„ Margaret, (d. of Lawrence M. and
Elizabeth Gierke), 2.
„ Margaret, (d. of John and Margaret
M. of Warwickshire), 2.
, , Margaret (d. of .S» John M. ), m. John
Cook, II.
,, Margaret (d. of Sir John M.), m.
Francis Perkins, 12.
,, Margaret (nee Fletcher), wife of Wil-
liam M., of Pertwood, 39, 41.
,, Mar^^iiet (d. of John M. and Avis
Cockerell),;//.AdelmeWhitaker,42.
,, Margaret, (nte Edwards), wife of
Thomas M., s. of John M. and
Melior Goldsborough, 42, 43.
,, Margaret, (d. of George M. and
Elizabeth Ryves), m, Christopher
Baron, 47.
,, Margaret, (d. of John M. and Anne
Toppe), m Perry, 47.
,, Margaret (nee Billings), wife of Revd.
Jonas Mervyn, 64.
,, Margaret (nee Hunt), wife of Revd.
Richard M., (s. of Revd. Jonas M.
and Margaret Billings,) 64.
,, Margaret (nee Burridge), wife of
Richard M., of Marwood, 70. Mon.
Insc, App. IV., p. iv.
,, Margaret (d. of Richard M. and
Margaret Burridge), m. Nicholas
Gay, 70, 73.
,, Margaret, (d. of John M. and
Dorothy Chichester), m. Charles
Newell Cutcliffe, 71, 73.
„ Margery (wife of George M. of Salis-
bury), 43. Note t
, , Martha (nee Clottworthy ), wife of Sir
Audley M., 85. Fun. Cert., App. V.,
p. ii.
,, Martha, (d. of Henry M. and Hannah
Knox), fw. Edward Carey, 87.
„ Martha (d. of Hugh M. and Frances
Talbot), m. Thomas Bamfield Rus-
sell, 86.
,, Mary (nee Mompesson), wife of Wal-
ter M., 8.
,, Mary (n^e Clifford), wnfe of Captn.
Edmond M., 29.
„ Mary (sister of Revd. William M.,
of East Knoyle), m. . . Grove, 43.
,, Mary (d. of Augustine M. and Pris-
cilla Sambome), 44.
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MERVYN, Mary, wife of Thomas M.,
Nicholas M. and Magdalen ....)>
45-
,, Maiy, (d. of John M. and Frances
Simonds), 46.
„ Mary, (d. of George M. and Dorothy
Willoughby), m. John Ord, 47.
„ Mary (d. of John M. and Anne
Toppe), m. Dr. Creed, 47.
„ Mary, wife of Thomas M., (s. of John
M. and Rebecca Dirdoe), 48.
„ Mary (nee Suter), wife of Heniy M.
(s. of Thomas M. and Mary . . . .),
48.
„ Mary (d. of John M. and Eleanor
Lambert), 49.
„ Mary (d. of Edward M. and Frances
Sheldon), m. Richard Pouldon, 50.
Will of (1744), 50, App. III., p.
viii. Mon. Insc., 50.
„ Mary (d. of Revd. Richard M. and
Margt. Hunt), m, Charles Marshall,
64.
„ Mary (n^ Dillon), wife of Sir Audley
M., 85.
„ Mary, (widow of ... . Tichbome),
wife of Henry M., s. of Audler^
M. and Olivia Coote, 88.
„ Matthew, of Upton, 43.
,, Matthew, (s. of George M. and Eliza-
beth Ryves), jn. Katherine Pike,
46.
„ Melior (nee Goldsborough), wife of
John M. (s. of John M. and Avis
Cockerell), 42.
„ Melior (d. of Nicholas M. and Mag-
dalen ....), m. Francis Turville,
„ Mehor (d. of George M. and Eliza-
beth Ryves), m. John Haytor, 47.
„ Mellyer (sister of Kevd. William M.,
' of East Knoyle), m Gun-
dery, 43.
„ Nelly (d. of John M. and Eleanor
Lambert), m. William White,
„ Nicholas (s. of Sir Edmund M.
Eleanor Welles), 26.
,, Nicholas (s. of Ambrose M. and
Elizabeth Willoughby), m. Mag-
dalen . . . . , 44. *
,, Nicholas (s. of Nicholas M. and
Magdalen ), 44. Will (1689),
App. III., p. viiL Mon. Insc,
p. 45-
,, Olivia (n^e Coote), wife of Audley
M., 87, 88.
„ Philip (s. of .SVr John M.), 10.
,, Philip (s. of Ambrose M. and Susan
Upton), II.
„ Philip (s. of Edmund M. and Anna
Jephson), 29.
„ Philip (s. of^ John M. and Avis
Cockerell), m ,42.
„ Philip (s. of Geoige M. and Dorothy
Willoughby), m, Sarah Knapton,
47.
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MERVYN, Priscilla (nee Sambome), wife of
Augustine M., s. of John M. and
Melior Goldsborough, 43.
„ Priscilla (d. of Augustine M. and
Priscilla Sambome), 44.
„ Priscilla (d. of Ambrose M. and Eliza-
beth Willougby), m Bowles,
46.
„ Ralph (s. of Richard M. and Dorothy
Squerie), m Parre, 4.
,, Rebecca (nee Dirdoe), wife of John
Mervyn, 48.
,, Rebecca (d. of John M. and Eleanor
Lambert), m, Joseph Kiddle,
„ Richard (of Fountel), m. .Dorothy
Squerie, 3.
,, Richard (s. of Edmund M. and Jane
Catesby), 10.
,, Richard (s. of Edmund M. and Anna
Jephson), 29.
„ The Rev. Richard, D.D., (of Devon-
shire), Chancellor of Exeter Cathe-
' dral, m, Ursula Trust, 43, 47, 61.
Will of (1668), 63, App. IV., p. ix.
Mon. Insc., App. IV., p. iii.
Memoir of, 61 . Letter from Charles
II., 62.
,, Richard (s. of Rev. Richard M.,
D.D., and Uisula Trust), died
young, 63. Note \
,, Richard (s. of Rev. Richard M.,
D.D., and Ursula Trust), 65. Mon. >
Insc., App. IV., p. iii.
„ The Rev. Richaixl (s. of The Rev
Jonas M. and Margaret Billings),
m. Margaret Hunt, 64.
,, Richard (s. of Rev. Richard M. and
Mai^aret Hunt), 64.
„ Richard (s. of Rev. William M. and
Christiana Newte), m. Margaret
Burridge, 61, 7a Mon. Insc,
70; App. IV., p. V. Will (1740),
70; App. IV., p. X.
,, Richard and Samuel (twin children
of Richard M. and Margaret Bur-
ridge), 7a
,, Richard (alias Rochfort), m, Richard-
son (alias Mervyn), 89.
,, Samuel and Richanl (twin children
of Richard M. and Margaret Bur-
ridge), 70.
„ Samuel (s. of Richard M. and Mar-
garet Burridge,) 70. Administration
(1744), 70. Mon. Insc, App. IV.,
p. v.
„ Sara (d. of Rev. William M. and
Christiana Newte), m. Rev. Geoi^e
Blake, 69. Mon. Insc, App. IV.,
p. iv.
„ Sarah (nee Knapton), wife of Philip
M. (s. of Geo. M. and Dorothy
Willoughby), 47.
„ Sheldon (s. of Edward M. and
Frances Sheldon), w. Will of
(1725), 50. App. III., p. viii.
Monument o( 50.
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MERVYN, Susan (nee Upton), wife of Ambrose
M. (s. of A> John M.), lO.
,, Susan (d. of William M. and Anne
....), 42.
, , Susanna (nee Balfour, widow of Hugh
Lord Hamilton, Baron Glenawly),
wife of Henry M. (s. of Sir Audley
M.), 87. Fun- Cert., App. V., p. ii.
„ Theophilus (s. of Audley M. and
Olivia Coote), 88.
„ A> Thomas, 2.
„ Thomas (of Warwickshire), 2. Will
of (1620), 2.
,, Thomas (s. of John M. and Melior
Goklsborough), m. Margaret Ed-
wards, 42, 43. Will of (1632), 43,
App. ni., p. vii.
,, Thomas (s. of Rev. William M.,
Rector of Boyton), 43. No/e f.
,, Thomas (s. of Nicholas M. and
Magdalen ...),«. Mary . . . , 45.
,, Thomas (s. of George M. and Eliza-
beth R3rves), m. Ann White, 47.
Administration to, 1650- 1. 47.
„ Thomas (s. of John M. and Rebecca
Dirdoe), m, Mary . . ., 4^
,, Thomas (s. of Thomas M. and Mary
. . . ), 48.
,, Thomas (s. of Rev. William M. and
Lsetitia Bouchier), 66. Mon. Insc,
App. IV., p. iv.
„ Ursula (nee Trust), wife of Richard
M., n.D.j of Devonshire, 62. Will
of (1687), 63, App. IV., p. x. Mon.
Insc, App. IV., p. iii.
, , Ursula (d. of George M. and Elizabeth
Hayter), m. John Newell, 63.
,, Ursula (d. of John M. and Jane Prust),
m King, 64
,, Vertue (d. of Augustine M. and Pris-
cilla Samborne), 44.
,, Walter and Huj?h (sons of John, of
Fountel), 7, S.
,, Walter, m. istly Joan . . . . , and
2ndly Mary Mompesson, 8. Will
(1510), 8. App. I., p. vi. Inq. p.m.,
App. I., p. iii.
,, W^iiliam, of Herts, dispute with
Abbot of St. Albans, i.
„ William (s. of John M., of Warwick-
shire), 2.
,, William (s. of John M., and Joan
Hungerford), 7.
,, William (s. of John M. and Elizabeth
Green), 9.
„ William (s. of St'r Edmund M. and
Eleanor Welles), 26.
„ William (s. of Edmond M. and Anna
Jephson)^ 29.
„ William, of Pertwood, 7, 39, 41.
m. Margaret Fletcher, 39, 41.
,, William (s. of Andrew M., of Pert-
wood), 42.
„ Williaoi (s. of Philip M., of Pert-
wood), m. 1st. Anne . . . . , and
2ndly, Eleanor Newman, 42. Will
of (1620), 42, App. III., p. vii.
MERVYN, William (s. of John M. and Melior
Goldsborough), 43.
„ William (Rector of Boyton), Will of
(1647), 43.
„ William (s. of Rev. William M.,
Rector of Boyton), 43.
„ William, of East Knoyle, Clerk and
Batchelor, Will of (1651), 43, App.
III., p. vii.
„ William (s. of John M. and Rebecca
Dirdoe). 48.
„ William (s. of Richard M. and Mar-
garet Hunt), 64.
„ The Rev. William, M.A. (s. of
Richard M., /?./?., and Ursula
Trust), m. Christiana Newte, 63,
65, 66. Mon. Insc., App. IV., p. iv.
„ The Rev. William (s, of The Rev.
Jonas M. and Margaret Billings),
m. Dorothy Hayman, 65. Mon.
Insc, App. IV., p. vi
„ The Rev. William, A.M. (s. of Rev.
William M. and Christiana Newte),
m, Laetitia Bouchier, 66. Mon.
Insc, App. IV., p. iv.
Messar, m, Mervyn, 37.
Messiter, w. White, 49.
Mil ley, m. Harman, 88.
Mirfine. See Merfyn.
Mirfyn. See Merfyn.
Moells, Arms of, 98.
Moleyns. See Hungerford.
Molynes, Arms of, 96.
Mompesson, m, Mervyn, 8, I2.
„ m, Drewe, 8.
„ m, Perkins, 12.
,, m. Lye, 12.
WiUof John(i50o), 8.
,, Family and Arms of, 8, 12, 43, 93, 94.
Montgomery, m. Ajxhdall, 87.
Mordaunt, m. Latimer, Strangways, and Carew, 9.
Morwenstow, Par. Registers, App. IV., p. viii.
Mounpynzon. See Mompesson.
„ Arms of 8.
Moundbrd Thomas, Arms granted to, on taking
surname of Newte, 98.
Mount|;arret, Viscount, m. Audley, 22.
Mountjoy Lord, 14.
Mountpenson. See Mompesson.
Moutray, m. Mervyn, 87.
„ James, Will of (1 718-19), 87.
,, m. Corry, 87.
Mulys, m. Upton, 11.
Munkley Wood, 71.
Musgrave, m. Rowe, 71.
Myddleton, Thomas, 14.
N.
Narrow Seas, Mervyn, Admiral of, 29.
Nepos, Signification of, 7, 4a
Neptis, Signification o( 40.
Neville, m. Vavasour, 53.
Newburgh. See Fitzjames.
Newell, m, heiress of Mervyn, 63.
„ George, Settlement by, 63.
Newman, m, Mervyn, 42.
Newte, Revd. Richard, 62, Memoir of, 66.
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Newte, w. Mervyn, 65, 66.
„ m. Trobridge, 66.
„ Arms of, 65, 98. App. IV., p. iv.
Nicholas, m. Mervyn, 50.
Noel, m, Audley, 79.
,, fn. Hicks, 79.
,, Sir Andrew, 79.
,, Sir Edward, Bart., 79.
„ Baron, 79.
Nooth, m. Mervyn, 52.
„ Arms of, 52, 97.
,, Tabular Pedigrees oii App. Ill , pp. ii., vi.
„ m. Bindley, 53, App. III., p. ii.
„ m. James, 54, App III., p ii.
„ m. W'ilford, 52, App. III., p. ii.
,, m. Yales, 52, App. III., p. ii.
„ Prebendary of Wells Cathedral, 52.
Nonicn, w. Maskelyne, 58.
Norris, m. Jephson, 28.
„ m. Marshall, 68.
A\ar7oy Kin^ of Arms^ Edmond Knight, 47.
Noyes, m. Drake. App. IV., p. ii.
Nugent, m. Cusack, 88.
Offwell, CO. Devon, Coplestone, Rector of, 70.
Okehampton, Husssey, Rev. John, Vicar of, 62.
,, Mervyn, Vicar of, 62.
„ Par. Registers, 63.
Olden, m. Mervyn, 43.
Ord, m. Mervyn, 47.
Ordinance against Pluralities, 62.
Ormond, Duke of, 22.
Ottery, St Mary, Newte, Lecturer of, 66.
Oxford, Dr. Creed, R^us Professor of Divinity, 47.
Page, m. Green, 9.
Pakenham, m. of co-h. with Mervyn, 27.
,, family and arms, 27, 96.
„ . reference to Pedigree of, 27.
Palmer, Sir Henry, 32.
Parratt, m. Mervyn, 49.
Parre, m, Mervyn, 4.
Parsons, Sir Laurence, m. Harman, 78.
Paul m. Marshall, 68.
Payn, m. Prower, 55.
Pedigrees, Tabular. S^e Mervyn.
Pembroke Hall, Oxford, Mervyn educated at, 65.
Perkins, Sir Richard, widow of, m. Sir Jolm
Mervyn, 12.
„ m. Mompesson, 12.
„ Family of, 13.
„ Francis, m. Margaref Mervyn, 12.
Perry, m. Mervyn, 47.
Pertwood Parish, 39.
Perti*-ood Branch 01 the Mervyn Family, 39—59.
„ „ Tabular Pedigrees, App. 111.,
pp. i., ii., iii., vi.
Pertwood, Mervyn, Rector of, 43, 61.
„ Presentations to Living of, 39, 43, 46, 47,
61.
,, Parish Registers of, 41.
,, Mon. Inscs., 50.
Petersfield, Mervyn, M.P. for, 26.
Peverell, widow of, m. Mervyn, 9.
„ Arms of, 98.
Philipott, »J. Mervyn, 36.
„ Arms of, 99, ApP, II., p. iv.
„ Fun. Cert., App. II., p. iv.
,, reference to Pedigree of, App. II., p. iv.
NoU •.
Pike, m, Mervyn, 46.
Pilkington, »i. Mervyn, 17.
,, fft. Dunche, 17.
,, m. Gargrave, 1 7.
„ m. Harrington, 17.
,, m. Kingsmill, 17.
„ Bishop of Durham, 17, Will of, 17.
,, Family and Arms of, 17, 95.
,, Reference to Pedigree of, 17.
Pilton, Par. Registers, App. IV., p. viii.
Pluralities, Ordmance against, 62.
Pope's reference to Peter Walter, 51.
Portculiis Pursuivant^ Lee, 1 4.
„ „ Richard Mawson, 40, 46.
Pouldon, m. Mervyn, 50.
,, Mary, will of (1744), 50, App. III.,
p. viii. Mon. Insc., 50.
Proctor, Chancellor of the Bishop of Salisbury, 12.
Projer, w. Booth, ^7.
Prouz, Arms of, 98.
Prower, Robert, m, Mervyn, 54. Will of (1792),
App. III., p. viii. Mon. Insc, $4.
„ Tabular Pedigree, App. III., p. iii.
Mon. Inscs., 54, 55, 56, 57.
„ m. Coles, 55, App. III., p. iii.
,, m. Elton, 5$, App. III., p. iii.
„ m. Isherwood, 56, App. III., p. iii.
„ m, Lipyeatt, 55, App. III., p. iii.
„ »i. PaO'Tii 55» App. III., p. iiL
m, Rigby, 54, 56, 57, App. IIL, p. iii.
„ m, Storw, 54, 57, App. III., p. iii.
,, Major John Elton Mervyn, 54, 55.
,, Mervyn, Mon. Insc., 56.
Prust, m, Mervyn, 63.
Purley West, Storey, Rector of, 57.
Purton, Par. Registers, 55.
„ Mon. Insc, 55.
„ Prower, Vicar of, 55.
Pym, Eleanor Penrose, w. Drake. 76.
tration to, 76.
Ad minis-
Raelan, Lord, Letter to Major Drake, 78.
Raleigh, Sir Walter, 14.
„ Arms of, 98.
Reynolds, Dr., and Joshua, P.R.A., 71.
Richardson, m, Anne Edwards, (nee Mervyn), 89 ;
took the name of Mervyn, 89 ; m, Rochfort, 89.
Rigby, m, Prower, 54, 56, 57, App. IIL, p. iii.
„ Mon. Insc, 57.
Risdon, m, Hammett, App. IV., p. ii.
„ Arms of, App. IV., p. ii.
Roberts, m. Gay, 7a
Rochfort, m. Richardson, alias Mervyn, 89.
„ assumed the name of Mervyn, 89.
Rodham, m. White, 49.
Rodenay, Sir Walter, m. Hungerford, 7.
Rodney, Sir John, widow of, nu Touchet, 23.
Rogate, Par. Registers, 28, App. II., p. iii.
Rogeis, Andrew, dispute as to Stewardship of
Duchy Lands, 14.
RoUe family, 72.
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Rose, m. Booth, 57.
„ m, Maskelyne, 57.
Rothwell, m, Cusack, 76.
Rous, m. Mervyn, 26, 27.
,, reference to Pedigree ci, 26.
Rowe, m. Brand, 71.
„ m. Chichester, 71.
,, m, Marshall, 69.
„ m. Musgrave, 71.
,, m. Reynolds, 71.
„ Revd. William, family of, 71.
Runcton, North, co. Norfolk, Maskelyne, Rector
of, 57.
Russell, w.Story-Maskelyne, 58, Ai*P. III., p. iii.
Russell, Arthur, alias Mervyn, 86.
Russell, m. Mervyn, 86.
Ryves, m, Mervyn, ii, 13, 46.
„ Arms of, 46, 97.
„ Sir William, Attorney-General for Ireland,
Letter to Sir Henry Mervyn, 33.
S.
Salisbury, Mervyn Charity, 43.
Salisbury, Rigby, Prebendaiy of, 57.
Salisbury, St. Martin's Par. Registers, App. III.,
p. X.
Salisbury and Winchester Journal, Extract from, 48.
Sambome, m. Mervyn, 43.
Sandrygge, Manor of, i.
Sarsden, Par. Registers, 19, 21.
Scott, m, Sydenham, 65.
Seals : —
Sir Henry Mervyn, 29.
Henry Drake, App. IV., p. ii.
St. Alban's, Abbot of, dispute with William
Mervyn, I.
St. Alban's Hall, Oxford, Bouchicr, Principal of,
66.
St John, m. Booth, 58.
,, Sir William, 30,
St. John's College, Oxford, Creed, Fellow of, 47.
St. Thomas, Exeter, Coplestone, Rector of, 70.
Seymour, Henry, purchased Pertwood, 39.
Shakstaff, m, Maskelyne, 58.
Shaw, iS/r John, connection with Merfyn, App. I.,
pp. vi. , XV.
Sheldon, Dr., of Exeter Cathedral, 62.
Sheldon, heiress of, ;//. Mervyn, 50.
„ Arms of, 50, 97.
Sherrington and Boyton, Lambert, Rector of, 48.
Shropshire Noith, Dod, M.P. for, $3.
Simonds, heiress of, w. Mervyn, 45 — ^46.
Smith, Dr. Jonas, 58.
Smith, m. Juddc. See Merfyn Pedigree, App. I.,
p. XV.
Smyth, m. Story- Maskelyne, 59.
„ m. Warrington, 59.
Somerset Herald, Brooke, 17, Courthopc, 40.
Somersetshire East, Yeomanry Cavalry, White,
Lt-Col. of, 49.
Somerset and Dorset, Mervyn, Sheriff of, 41.
Southpool Church, Monument to Rev. Gawen
Hayman, 65.
Southampton, Earl of. Grantee of Durford Abbey,
25-
Speech of Sir Audley Mervyn, 81.
Spencer, Catesby, Gaynesford, and Mervyn, 10.
SjHUivay, Revd. William, 74.
Squerie, Family and Arms of, 3, 4, 93.
,, m. Mervyn, 3.
„ m. Sir William Cromer, 4.
Stalbridge Estate, 50. A^oU t X
„ Bradford, Rector of, App. III., p. ii.
,, Manor, co. Dorset, 22.
Stawell, Sir John, m. Audley, 23.
Stevens, m, Maskelyne, 58.
Steward, m. Cromwell. See Merfyn Pedigree,
App. I., p. XV.
Stockay, Arms of, 98.
Stockton, CO. Wilts, Creed, Rector of, 48.
Stokenham Manor, Mervyn, Steward of, 61.
,, Countess of Hastings, Lady of the
■Manor, 61.
Story, Rev. William, m. Prower, 54. 57. Mon.
Insc. 57.
„ ;//. Johnston, 57.
„ m. Maskelyne, 57.
„ Family of, 57. Note §
Story-Maskelyne, 57, App. III., p. iii.
,, m. Llewellyn, 58.
,. m. Russell, 58.
,, m, Masterman, 59.
„ m, Smyth, 59.
Stourton. See Hungerford.
Strafford, Earl of. Impeachment, 81.
Strangways, Latimer, and Mordaunt, 9.
Stratton, Arms of, 96.
Sturminster Newton, Par. Registers, 54.
Sussex Heralds' Visitations, 26. App. XL, p. iv.
Suter, m. Mervyn, 48.
Swans, Mastership of, he!d by Sir James Mervyn,
17.
Sydenham, w. Bouchier, 65.
,, w. Marshall, 65, 67.
„ m, Scott, 65, 67.
Philip, 71.
Symes, m. Hill, 11.
Tabular Pedigrees. See Mervyn,
Talbot, Hon. Charlotte, ///. Cutciiffe, 74; re^m.
Fitzgerald, 74.
Talbot, Frances, ///. Hugh Mervyn, 86.
Teatt v.. Strong, Appeal Case, House of Lords,
App. V. , p. iv.
Temmys, Robert, Presentation to Pertwood, 39,
Temple, Inner, Mervyn, Member of, 70.
Throwleigh, Mervyn, Rector of, 61.
Thynne, rn. Audley, 23.
„ m. Baynton, 23.
„ m. Hall, 23.
„ Sir Thomas, 18, iq, 23.
Tichbourae, connection with Mervyn, 27.
Tichbome, m. Mervyn, 88.
Tisbury, Par. Registers, 43, 44.
,, Mon. Inscs., 43,44.
„ Property of 6Vr James Merv}Ti, Abstract
of Deed (1578), la
Tiverton, Merv>Ti, Rector of Clare portion, 65.
,, Newte, Rector of, 65, 66.
,, Par. Registers, App. IV., p. viii.
„ Mon. Inscriptions, 66.
Toope, m. Mervyn, 44.
Toppe, m. Mervyn, 47, App. III., p. vi.
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Toppe, Arms of, 47.
Touchet. See Audley.
„ Anns of, 95<
„ Sir Ferdinando, 22, 23, 79.
„ Christian, m, Mervyn, 23.
„ Family, Insanity in, 34.
Touke, John. See Hungerford.
Towse, iw. Hill, 11.
Trafford, m. Yates, 52.
Trinity ColL, Cambridge, Smyth, Member of, 59.
Tripsack, m. Mervyn, 50.
Trobridge, m, Newte, 66.
Trust, m. Mervyn, 62.
„ Anns of, App. IV., p. iii.
Tugwell, m, Medlycott, App. III., p. iL
Turville, m. Mervyn, 45.
Tyrone, Archdall, M.P. for, 87.
„ Grant of lands, 79.
„ Earls of, 79.
U
Ufton, alias Uffington Church, Berkshire, Monu-
ments, 13.
Ulster Plantation, 79.
Ulster^ Sir Bernard Burke, C.B., 8a
„ Sir William Betham, 80.
Upton Rentcharge, 47, 62, 74, 77.
Upton, m. Mervyn, 10.
„ Family of, 10, 1 1.
,, Reference to Pedigree of, la
„ m. Hone, 11.
„ m. Mulys, 11.
Valonijs, Arms of, 27, 96.
Vavasour, Family and Arms ol^ 52, 97.
„ Tab. Pedigree, App. III., p. iL
„ Lady Anne, Genealogical >fotes of, 52.
Note t
„ Sir Henry MaghuU Mervyn, 52.
„ Sir Henry Mervyn, 52, 53.
„ m, Dod, 53.
„ m, Dunnington-Jefferson, 53.
„ m. Neville, 53.
„ m, Nooth, 52.
„ m. Vavasour, 52, 53.
«. Wiggin, 53.
Verulam, Earl of, connection with Mervjm, 51,
App. III., p. iL
Vincent's Pedigree of Mervyn, 4, 7, 26, 27, 40.
W.
Wadham Coll, Oxford, Storey, Member of, 57.
„ „ Storey- Maskelyne, Mem-
ber of, 57, 58.
„ „ Masterman, Member of,
59-
Walter, of Stalbridge, 50, 51.
„ m. Mervyn, 50, 51.
„ Tabular Pedigree, App. III., p. iL
„ m. Bedwell, App. III., p. iL
„ m. Buckett, $1.
„ m. Bullock, App. III., p. ii.
„ m. Coles, 51.
„ «r. Forester, 51.
„ m, Grimston, 51.
„ m. West, 51.
Walvey, or W^olvey, co. Warwick, Mervyn,
Bailiff of, 2.
Warren, m. CromwelL See Merfyn Pedigree, App.
I., p. XV.
Warrington, m, Smyth, 59.
Warton, m, Mervyn, 47,
Warwickshire, Mervyn of, 2.
Watkin, Arms of, 94.
Watton, or Wotton, Arms of, 98.
Webb, w. Maskelyne, 58.
Welles, m. Mervyn, 26.
Wells Cathedral, Nooth, Prebendary of, 52.
Wenlock, John Lord. See Hungerford.
Wesley, m, Harman, 88.
„ m. Cusack, 88.
West. See Hungerford.
„ m. Walter, 51.
,, m, Coates, 51.
„ Family of, 51.
Westleigh, Par. Registers, App. IV., p. viii.
Weyland, m. Earl of Venilam, App. III., p. iL
„ Arms of, 96.
Whitaker, m. Mervyn, 42.
White, widow of, m. Mervyn, 47.
White, Lambert, Pedigree compiled by, 48.
White, m. Mervyn, 49.
„ ' «. Beavis, 49.
„ m. Dyer, 49.
„ m. King, 49.
„ m. Messiter, 49.
,, m, Rodham, 49.
Whittlesay Mere, ^Vr James Menryn, Bailiif of, 17.
Wiggin, m. Vavasour, 53.
Wilford, m. Nooth, 52.
Williams. See CromwelL
Williams, m, Hamlyn, App. IV., p. iL
Willpughby, marriages with Mervyn, 44, 46.
Wills .—
Burridge, Robert, App. IV., p. x.
Carew, Lady Edith (1517), 9.
Clifford, Sir Alexander (1621), 29.
Cutcliife, Charles Newell (1806), 73, App. IV.
p. X.
„ Harriet Elizabeth (1863), App. IV..
p. xi.
„ John Mervyn (1822), App. IV., p. x-
Drake, Charles Cutcliffe (1854), App. IV.,
p. xi.
„ Frances (1865), App. IV., p. xL
„ Zachary Hammett (1835), App. IV.,
p. X.
Fletcher, Joan (1505), App. III., p. x.
Gay, Rev. Nicholas (1765), 70.
Ha3rman, Mrs. Dorothy (1741), 65.
Marvyn, Thomas (1620), 2.
Mervyn, Anna (1625), App. II., p. iiL
Arthur (1776), App. V., p. v.
Sir Audley (1675), App. V., p. iv.
Audley (1717), App. V., p. iv.
Augustine (1634), App. III., p. viL
Bernard (1675), App. IV., p. ix.
Sir Edmund (1550), App. II., p. iL
Edmund (1604), App. II., p. ii.
.Elizabeth, Lady (1581), 13.
Elizabeth (1767), App. V., p. v.
Frances (17 16), App. III., p. viiL
Francis (1702), App. III., p. viii.
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Wills conHnued,
Mervyn, George (1675), 63, APP. IV., p. x.
„ Sir Henry (1646), App. II., p. iiL
,, Henry (1609), App. II., p. iii.
, ., Henry (1747-8), App. V., p. v.
„ Henry (1696), p. 87.
Hugh (1723), App. V., p. v.
„ Ar James (1610), App. L, p. iz.
Jane (1769), App. V., p. v.
„ John (1492), App. I., p. v.
„ Sir John (1566), 12, 13, App. I.,
p. ix.
„ Jofin (of Pertwood) (1599), App.
III., p. vii.
„ John, ot London (1686), App. III.,
p. vii.
John (1750), 71, App. IV., p. x
„ Magdalen (1687), 44, App. III.,
p. viii.
„ Margaret (1494), App. I., p. v.
„ Nicholas (1689), App, III., p. viii.
Richard, D,D, (1668), 63, App. IV.,
p. ix.
„ Richard (1740), App. IV., p. x.
„ Sheldon (1725), App. III., p. viii.
„ Thomas (1632), App. IIL, p. vii.
Ursula (1687), 63, App. IV., p. x.
„ Walter (1510), App. I., p. vi.
„ William, of London (1620), App.
III., p. vii
„ William, Rector of Boyton (1647),
43.
„ William (Rev.) of East Knoyle
(1651), 43, App. IIL, p. viL
Mirfyn, Cicely (1502), App. L, p. vL
„ Edward (1527), App. L, p. viii
„ John (147O1 App. L, p. v.
Wills continued.
Mirfyn, Sir Thomas (1523), App. L, p. vi.
Mompesson, John (1500), 8.
Pouldon, Mary (1744), App. IIL, p. viiL
Prower, Robert (1792), App. IIL, p. viiL
Wilts, Heralds* Visitations of. 39. App. IIL,
pp. iv., V.
„ Creed, Archdeacon o^ 48.
,, Mervyn, M.P. for, 12, 14.
„ Mompesson, Sheriff ot, 8, 12.
,, Prower, Sheriff of, 55.
Winchester, Bishop oL See Hungerford.
Winchester Coll<^e, Drake educated at, 76.
Windsor, m. Mervyn, 28.
„ Arms o^ 28, 96.
„ Reference to Pedigree of, 28.
„ m. Lovell, 28.
Wittenham (Little) Church, co. Berks, Mon.
Inscs., 17.
Wolvey, or Walvey, co. Warwick, Mervyn, Bailiff
o^ 2.
Wotton, Dannett, and Jephson, 28.
„ or Watton, Arms of, 98.
Wotton Basset, Mervyn, M.P. for, 29.
Wright, m. Mervyn, 71.
,, m. Chichester, 71.
Wydecombe, Manor of, co. Wilts, App. L, p. iii.
Wynge, John. See Hungerford.
Wynvale, Manor of. See Merfyn.
Wytham, Priory o£ See Hungerford.
V.
Yates, m. Nooth, 52.
„ m. Trafford, 52.
„ took surname of Vavasour, 52.
„ Arms of, 52. Note *, 97.
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